Introduction
gender-based sexual abuse
SECONDARY
Adult sexual health effects may be closely linked with unsafe sexual activities associated with young people's sexual views, norms, and self-efficacy during adolescence stages [Even if cultural expectations and the sexual discourse typical of social situations appear to have a complex influence on the sexual self, it is crucial to reveal how young people define the sexual worlds that have developed in their lives [Teenagers on the streets, in schools, and those whose parents consent to early marriages face the constant threat of engaging in risky sexual behaviours that could expose them to sexual masculinity, gender-based sexual abuse during adolescence, unwanted teenage pregnancies, early marriages, and/or dropping out of school, all of which are frequently done without their consent [Findings from previous scholarly works [Tanzania, one of Sub-Saharan Africa's developing nations, has the 17th-highest adolescent fertility rate on the continent [The reasons for adolescents' risky sexual behaviours in the nation seem to be unclear Wado et alHowever, experts and educators in the field of sexuality have identified sexual ideology as a determinant of self-esteem, which serves as a barrier to a range of risky sexual behaviours among teenagers [Furthermore, it appears that there is not enough quality research that concentrates on teenagers in elementary/ordinary schools such as primary and secondary schools. Elementary/ordinary schools here mean fundamental education based on the education system of Tanzania, in which most early (10 – 13 years.) and middle aged (14 – 18 years.) adolescents are admitted. However, there is still no universally accepted theory explaining how sexual ideology and teenage sexual behaviour are related. The goal of the current study was to address and close this apparent gap in knowledge through the four specific objectives including; assessing sexual ideology, prevalence, onest, and factors associated with sexual behaviours among in-school adolescents in Tanzania. The authors of this study were interested in learning how adolescents perceive sexual behaviours/activities, what percentage of teenagers engage in sexual behaviours? When do teenagers first engage in sexual activity? And what circumstances motivate teenagers to engage in sexual behaviour/activity?