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Table 2 Exposure of respondents to sexually explicit reading materials among preparatory school youths of Hawassa city, May 2014

From: Assessment of exposure to sexually explicit materials and factors associated with exposure among preparatory school youths in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based survey

Variables

Category

Number

Per cent

Exposure to sexually explicit text(n = 750)

Yes

554

73.9

No

196

26.1

Sources of sexually explicit text(n = 554)

Buying

75

13.5

From school

84

15.2

From friends

384

69.3

From internet access

163

29.4

others

5

0.9

Usual reading partner(n = 554)

Alone

384

69.3

Same sex

103

18.6

Opposite sex

32

5.8

Family member

12

2.2

Others

3

0.5

Frequency of reading(n = 554)

Once/twice per week

105

18.9

Sometimes

442

78.9

Often

7

1.3

HIV/FP usually mentioned (n = 554)

Yes

317

57.2

No

237

42.8