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Table 6 Knowledge of reproductive health test items by percentage of correct answers by girls and boys

From: Evaluation of a reproductive health awareness program for adolescence in urban Tanzania-A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test research

  

Percentage of correct answer

  

Girls (n = 153)

Boys (n = 152)

 

Statement

Pre-test

Post-test

Pre-test

Post-test

1

Girls at puberty, ovulates every month.(True)

65.4

90.8

50.7

92.1

2

Girls mature signs: breast develops.(True)

88.9

95.4

91.4

96.7

3

Boys mature signs: voice deepens.(True)

71.9

96.7

67.8

95.4

4

Puberty girls will not become pregnant.(False)

80.4

94.8

78.9

86.8

5

Jumping and washing prevents pregnancy.(False)

83.0

96.1

82.9

94.7

6

Puberty boys can impregnate girls.(True)

75.8

96.7

80.9

98.0

7

Monthly vaginal blood is normal for puberty girls.(True)

50.3

83.7

67.8

93.4

8

Condoms should be given to avoid pregnancy and diseases.(True)

73.9

79.7

75.0

85.5

9

Everyone can protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.(True)

92.2

98.7

98.0

96.7

10

Difficult to get HIV/AIDS.(False)

64.7

69.9

30.9

78.3