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Perceptions and attitudes of secondary school students in Kwazulu-Natal towards virginity testing

Myra Taylor, Siyabonga B Dlamini, Reshma Sathiparsad, Champaklal Jinabhai, Hein de Vries
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 12, No 2 | a247 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v12i2.247 | © 2007 Myra Taylor, Siyabonga B Dlamini, Reshma Sathiparsad, Champaklal Jinabhai, Hein de Vries | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 November 2007 | Published: 12 November 2007

About the author(s)

Myra Taylor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Siyabonga B Dlamini, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Reshma Sathiparsad, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Champaklal Jinabhai, University of KwaZulu Natal
Hein de Vries, Maastricht University, Netherlands

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Abstract

This study describes the prevalence of virginity testing (VT) amongst rural secondary school students in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), compares the attitudes of students of both sexes to VT, the differences in attitudes between girls who would/would not undergo such testing, and explores the relationship between risky sexual behaviour and girls who underwent virginity testing.

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Hierdie studie beskryf die voorkoms van maagdelikheidstoetsing (MT), by plattelandse sekondêre skoolleerders in KwaZulu-Natal en vergelyk die houdings van leerders van beide geslagte in verband met MT, die verskille in houdings tussen dogters wat sodanige toetsing sal/nie sal ondergaan nie, en verken die verhouding tussen dogters wat maagdelikheidstoetsing ondergaan het en riskante seksuele gedrag.

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