Collerates of Sexual Behaviourd among Barmaids in Morogoro Municipal, Tanzania

Thecla ., P Mendile, Ms

Barmaids most of them have low levels of education and are unskilled they end up in low income earning jobs including working as barmaids. Specifically the paper determines the; incidence of pregnancy, abortion and STIs among barmaids; influence of alcohol consumption on sexual behaviour; association between demographic variables (age, marital status, number of children. The study using a randomly selected sample of 60 respondents These are frequency of sexual intercourse, incidence of STIs, incidence of abortion, number of sexual partners, use of condoms during sex and consistency in using condoms during sex.The paper shows that the majority of barmaids: age wise are around 20-25 years; are engaged in bar business at the age of 17 years; are single or divorced; have one to two children; have primary level of education; receive an income of Tanzania Shillings 20,000 (about US $15) per month; have parents who are peasants; live in rented houses and have single rooms.