Men’s sexual behaviour and quality of life: implications for economic development

Emmanuel O. Amoo, Covenant University
Mofoluwake P. Ajayi, Covenant University
Adenike E. Idowu, Covenant University

The study examined men’s sexual behaviour as predictors of well-being and quality of life. The study used the male recode files from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2013 dataset (17,359 males) and used wealth index as proxy for well-being (dependent variable). Statistical analysis involved only univariate and multivariate techniques. The findings revealed that men with secondary education and below are 65.5%, no education (19.3%) while 49.3% reported more than one sexual partner. Average total-life-sexual-partners (TLSP) is 4 and above among over 50% of the subject and 31.3% did not used condom in their last sexual activity. Men in lower educational category, higher TLSP and cohabitation are less likely to be exposed to good quality of life (p-values = 0.000). The authors recommends that while campaign against high risk sexual behaviour is intensified, sexual behaviour indexes be incorporated in the measurement of men’s quality of life and national economic progress.