Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Reprod Health. 2007;11(3):221–235.
Participant: There are some people who advise the youth about having a single [partner], etc. But they don’t know that the person they are advising has not yet reached the age of getting into marriage, so it’s not good.
Participant: [S]ome give examples, like, “It is good to have a spare tire; if one gets flat, just fix the other.” [Laughter]
Participant: They say, “No motorcar moves without a spare tire.”
(males, urban, in school, 14–19)
[Boys say], “Do you just eat vegetables daily? Sometimes, you change [your diet]” … Girls say, ‘You don’t need to have one cloth [outfit] only.’
(females, urban, out-of-school, 15–19)