Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographics, socioeconomics, and migratory practices

From: Characteristics of youth sexual and reproductive health and risky behaviors in two rural provinces of Cambodia

 

All

Boys

Girls

p-value

 

n

% (SE)

n

% (SE)

n

% (SE)

 

Demographics

       

Age in years (mean ± SEM)

 

17.0 ± 0.1

 

17.9 ± 0.1

 

16.2 ± 0.1

t = 9.2, p < .0001

Age categories

      

X2 = 595.0, p < .0001

10-14 years

90

30.2 (0.4)

30

20.5 (0.8)

60

40.0 (0.2)

 

15-19 years

122

40.5 (0.3)

62

41.0 (0.3)

60

40.0 (0.2)

 

20-24 years

88

29.2 (0.5)

58

38.4 (1.1)

30

20.0 (0.7)

 

Religious Affiliation

      

X2 = 0.002, p = 0.9

Buddhist

296

98.7 (0.6)

148

98.7 (0.9)

148

98.7 (0.9)

 

Christian

4

1.3 (0.5)

2

1.3 (0.7)

2

1.3 (0.8)

 

Marital status

      

X2 = 2.1, p = 0.2

Single

263

87.7 (1.3)

136

90.7 (2.2)

127

84.8 (2.6)

 

Married/Divorced/Widowed

37

12.3 (1.4)

14

9.3 (2.3)

23

15.2 (2.5)

 

Living with both parents

      

X2 = 1.3, p = 0.2

Yes

252

84.3 (2.1)

129

86.7 (2.7)

123

82.0 (3.0)

 

No

47

15.7 (2.2)

20

13.3 (2.5)

27

18.0 (3.1)

 

Socioeconomics

       

Current grade level

      

X2 = 2.8, p = 0.2

Grade 3-6

74

42.2 (3.8)

30

36.3 (4.7)

44

46.9 (5.6)

 

Lower secondary 7 - 9

62

35.7 (3.6)

30

36.9 (4.7)

32

34.8 (4.6)

 

Secondary 10 - 12

39

22.1 (4.6)

22

26.8 (6.5)

17

18.3 (5.7)

 

Current occupation

      

X2 = 23.8,p < .0001

Student

188

71.8 (3.3)

83

61.0 (4.3)

105

82.6 (4.3)

 

Service oriented or laborer

62

23.3 (3.4)

48

35.3 (4.4)

14

11.1 (3.1)

 

Goods seller or other

13

4.9 (1.4)

5

3.5 (1.4)

8

6.3 (2.5)

 

Who earns income for your household?

      

X2 = 3.1, p = 0.05

Myself

23

7.9 (1.6)

16

10.7 (2.4)

7

4.7 (2.0)

 

My father/mother/sister/brother

266

92.1 (1.5)

134

89.3 (2.3)

132

95.3 (5.0)

 

Who controls your earned income?

      

X2 = 0.7, p = 0.4

Me

6

9.1 (3.1)

3

6.9 (3.8)

3

13.1 (6.2)

 

Someone else

61

90.8 (3.2)

41

93.1 (3.9)

20

86.9 (6.3)

 

Does your household have enough income?

      

X2 = 3.9, p = 0.04

Yes

138

46.6 (3.1)

79

53.3 (5.4)

59

39.8 (4.1)

 

No

159

53.3 (3.0)

70

46.6 (4.5)

89

60.1 (4.0)

 

Migratory practices

       

Ever migrated for income

      

X2 = 0.01, p = 0.9

Yes

63

21.0 (2.0)

32

21.3 (3.4)

31

20.8 (3.1)

 

No

235

78.9 (2.1)

118

78.7 (3.5)

117

79.2 (3.0)

 

Migratory destination

      

X2 = 7.2, p = 0.02

Phnom Penh City

30

48.8 (6.9)

10

33.1 (9.1)

20

62.3 (10.0)

 

Inside their province

21

34.8 (6.4)

14

49.6 (8.5)

6

7 (7.2)

 

Outside their province

10

16.4 (5.5)

5

17.1 (6.5)

5

5 (7.5)

 

Migratory occupation

      

X2 = 0.4, p = 0.5

Manual skilled job/Driver

59

95.2 (2.5)

30

96.8 (3.1)

29

93.6 (4.2)

 

Service orientated occupations

3

4.8 (2.6)

1

3.1 (3.0)

2

6.4 (4.2)

 

Migratory occupational abuse

      

X2 = 2.3, p = 0.1

Yes

11

24.7 (5.9)

9

33.5 (10.1)

2

11.5 (8.1)

 

No

33

75.3 (5.8)

18

66.4 (10.0)

15

88.4 (8.2)

 

Migratory occupational abuse type

      

X2 = 1.3, p = 0.5

Discrimination

3

14.8 (7.4)

1

9.5 (9.8)

2

20 (13.3)

 

Fraud the salary

7

34.4 (12.6)

5

49.2 (22.6)

2

20 (13.3)

 

Other

10

50.7 (12.2)

4

41.2 (23.2)

6

60 (13.0)