Mary Plummer is a consultant to the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. She lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Daniel Wight leads the Sexual Health and Families Program at the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, Scotland.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Research MethodsChapter 3: Village LifeChapter 4: Children's Relationships with Parents, Peers and TeachersChapter 5: Contradictory Sexual Norms and ExpectationsCase Study Series 1: "We'll Have Sex Again When the Opportunity Arises": Typical Young People’s Lives and Premarital Sexual RelationshipsChapter 6: Unmarried Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 7: Sexual Negotiation, Exchange, and CoercionChapter 8: Sexual PracticesCase Study Series 2: "He told me, 'Just come and live at my home'": Typical Young People's Experience of Marriage and DivorceChapter 9: Married Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 10: Contraception, Abortion, and FertilityChapter 11: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted InfectionsCase Study Series 3: "The Fever Went Away But Always Returned": HIV-Positive Young People's Lives and Sexual RelationshipsChapter 12: Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Risk Reduction

This study conducted during 1999-2002 is concentrated on the young people in rural Mwanza Region, northern Tanzania, on the southern shore of Lake Victoria. The area is occupied mostly by Sukuma and smaller ethnic groups, all of whom speak Swahili. Only 7 percent of Tanzania's school-age population was enrolled in secondary education... The vast majority of young women was sexually active and in relations--fleeting as they may have been--with men who supplied gifts or direct payment for sex. Only 12 percent of 15-19-year-old women reported ever having used contraceptive methods, mostly condoms. Plummer and Wight (both, UK Medical Research Council) suggest that (illegal) abortion was practiced widely. Counseling and behavior modification were most active in the realm of sexually transmitted infections. Many villagers in this study believed "real" AIDS was sexually transmitted, but also believed that a separate AIDS-mimicking illness was caused by witchcraft. Restrictive norms, rather than the threat of HIV infection, constrained sexual activity. The inclusion of detailed case studies makes this study personal and supplies depth. There is a Swahili and Sukuma glossary. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals.

Mary Plummer is a consultant to the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. She lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Daniel Wight leads the Sexual Health and Families Program at the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, Scotland.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Research MethodsChapter 3: Village LifeChapter 4: Children's Relationships with Parents, Peers and TeachersChapter 5: Contradictory Sexual Norms and ExpectationsCase Study Series 1: "We'll Have Sex Again When the Opportunity Arises": Typical Young People’s Lives and Premarital Sexual RelationshipsChapter 6: Unmarried Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 7: Sexual Negotiation, Exchange, and CoercionChapter 8: Sexual PracticesCase Study Series 2: "He told me, 'Just come and live at my home'": Typical Young People's Experience of Marriage and DivorceChapter 9: Married Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 10: Contraception, Abortion, and FertilityChapter 11: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted InfectionsCase Study Series 3: "The Fever Went Away But Always Returned": HIV-Positive Young People's Lives and Sexual RelationshipsChapter 12: Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Risk Reduction

This study conducted during 1999-2002 is concentrated on the young people in rural Mwanza Region, northern Tanzania, on the southern shore of Lake Victoria. The area is occupied mostly by Sukuma and smaller ethnic groups, all of whom speak Swahili. Only 7 percent of Tanzania's school-age population was enrolled in secondary education... The vast majority of young women was sexually active and in relations--fleeting as they may have been--with men who supplied gifts or direct payment for sex. Only 12 percent of 15-19-year-old women reported ever having used contraceptive methods, mostly condoms. Plummer and Wight (both, UK Medical Research Council) suggest that (illegal) abortion was practiced widely. Counseling and behavior modification were most active in the realm of sexually transmitted infections. Many villagers in this study believed "real" AIDS was sexually transmitted, but also believed that a separate AIDS-mimicking illness was caused by witchcraft. Restrictive norms, rather than the threat of HIV infection, constrained sexual activity. The inclusion of detailed case studies makes this study personal and supplies depth. There is a Swahili and Sukuma glossary. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals.

Mary Plummer is a consultant to the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. She lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Daniel Wight leads the Sexual Health and Families Program at the UK Medical Research Council's Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, Scotland.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Research MethodsChapter 3: Village LifeChapter 4: Children's Relationships with Parents, Peers and TeachersChapter 5: Contradictory Sexual Norms and ExpectationsCase Study Series 1: "We'll Have Sex Again When the Opportunity Arises": Typical Young People’s Lives and Premarital Sexual RelationshipsChapter 6: Unmarried Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 7: Sexual Negotiation, Exchange, and CoercionChapter 8: Sexual PracticesCase Study Series 2: "He told me, 'Just come and live at my home'": Typical Young People's Experience of Marriage and DivorceChapter 9: Married Young People's Sexual RelationshipsChapter 10: Contraception, Abortion, and FertilityChapter 11: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted InfectionsCase Study Series 3: "The Fever Went Away But Always Returned": HIV-Positive Young People's Lives and Sexual RelationshipsChapter 12: Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Risk Reduction

This study conducted during 1999-2002 is concentrated on the young people in rural Mwanza Region, northern Tanzania, on the southern shore of Lake Victoria. The area is occupied mostly by Sukuma and smaller ethnic groups, all of whom speak Swahili. Only 7 percent of Tanzania's school-age population was enrolled in secondary education... The vast majority of young women was sexually active and in relations--fleeting as they may have been--with men who supplied gifts or direct payment for sex. Only 12 percent of 15-19-year-old women reported ever having used contraceptive methods, mostly condoms. Plummer and Wight (both, UK Medical Research Council) suggest that (illegal) abortion was practiced widely. Counseling and behavior modification were most active in the realm of sexually transmitted infections. Many villagers in this study believed "real" AIDS was sexually transmitted, but also believed that a separate AIDS-mimicking illness was caused by witchcraft. Restrictive norms, rather than the threat of HIV infection, constrained sexual activity. The inclusion of detailed case studies makes this study personal and supplies depth. There is a Swahili and Sukuma glossary. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals.