Associations between endorsement of inequitable gender norms and intimate partner violence and sexual risk behaviors among youth in Nigeria: Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2014

The purpose of this study was to assess whether the endorsement of inequitable gender norms about intimate partner violence against women and sexual behavior was associated with intimate partner violence victimization, intimate partner violence perpetration, and sexual risk behavior.

Nigerian youth aged 13–24 years participated in the nationally representative, cross-sectional Nigeria Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in 2014. Demonstrating that endorsement of inequitable gender norms about sexual behavior was associated with violence and that inequitable gender norms about intimate partner violence against women were associated with sexual risk behaviors further highlights potential linkages between violence and HIV.

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