“Our parents kiss in front of us”: Reasons for early sexual debut among in-school youth in the Manzini Region in Eswatini

• Nomathemba C. Nxumalo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nomathemba C. Nxumalo, Mduduzi Colani Shongwe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Health Research Training Program (HRTP), ICAP at Columbia University, Mbabane, Eswatini, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Health Nursing Science, University of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini

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• Mduduzi Colani Shongwe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nomathemba C. Nxumalo, Mduduzi Colani Shongwe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mduyaye@gmail.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Health Nursing Science, University of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery Science, University of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7358-1016

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• Nontobeko Gwebu,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Mbabane, Eswatini

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-8248

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• Cebisile Ngcamphalala,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Mbabane, Eswatini

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2960-1558

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• Bonisile S. Nsibandze,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Health Research Training Program (HRTP), ICAP at Columbia University, Mbabane, Eswatini, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of General Nursing Science, University of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini

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• Rejoice Nkambule,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini

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• Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Mbabane, Eswatini, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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