Table 1 Characteristics of study sample and differences by gender
Characteristics | Both sexes (n = 235) | Males (n = 111) | Females (n = 124) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome variable | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % |
Sexual status | ||||||
 Primary sexual abstainers | 52 | 22.1 | 30 | 27.0 | 22 | 17.7 |
 Secondary sexual abstainers | 100 | 42.6 | 40 | 36.1 | 60 | 48.4 |
 Currently sexually active | 83 | 35.3 | 41 | 36.9 | 42 | 33.9 |
Predictor variables | ||||||
 Age (20–24 years) | ||||||
  Mean (std. deviation) | 21.7 years (1.41) | 21.8 years (1.37) | 21.6 years (1.44) | |||
 Ethnicity | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % |
  Ga/Dangme | 143 | 60.8 | 79 | 71.2 | 64 | 51.6 |
  Akan | 65 | 27.7 | 24 | 21.6 | 41 | 33.1 |
  Other | 27 | 11.5 | 8 | 7.2 | 19 | 15.3 |
 School attendance | ||||||
  In school | 42 | 17.9 | 27 | 24.3 | 15 | 12.1 |
  Out of school | 193 | 82.1 | 84 | 75.7 | 109 | 87.9 |
 Importance of religion | ||||||
  Very important | 170 | 72.3 | 78 | 70.3 | 92 | 74.2 |
  Fairly important | 65 | 27.7 | 33 | 29.7 | 32 | 25.8 |
 Living arrangement | ||||||
  Living with parent(s) | 115 | 48.9 | 58 | 52.3 | 57 | 46.0 |
  Not living with parent(s) | 120 | 51.1 | 53 | 47.7 | 67 | 54.0 |
 Household SES | ||||||
  Poorer | 86 | 36.6 | 36 | 32.4 | 50 | 40.3 |
  Middle | 44 | 18.7 | 20 | 18.0 | 24 | 19.4 |
  Richer | 105 | 44.7 | 55 | 49.6 | 50 | 40.3 |
 Household social support | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % |
  Yes | 77 | 32.8 | 36 | 32.4 | 41 | 33.1 |
  No | 158 | 67.2 | 75 | 67.6 | 83 | 66.9 |
 Discusses sex with fathers | ||||||
  Yes | 16 | 6.8 | 11 | 9.9 | 5 | 4.0 |
  No | 219 | 93.2 | 100 | 90.1 | 119 | 96.0 |
 Discusses sex with mothers | ||||||
  Yes | 60 | 25.5 | 25 | 22.5 | 35 | 28.2 |
  No | 175 | 74.5 | 86 | 77.5 | 89 | 71.8 |
 Discusses sex with both parents | ||||||
  Yes | 58 | 24.7 | 23 | 20.7 | 35 | 28.2 |
  No | 177 | 75.3 | 88 | 79.3 | 89 | 71.8 |
 Discusses sex with friends | ||||||
  Yes | 55 | 23.4 | 27 | 24.3 | 28 | 22.6 |
  No | 180 | 76.6 | 84 | 75.7 | 96 | 77.4 |
 Locality of residence | ||||||
  James Town | 136 | 57.9 | 66 | 59.5 | 70 | 56.5 |
  Ussher | 71 | 30.2 | 32 | 28.8 | 39 | 31.5 |
  Agbogbloshie | 28 | 11.9 | 13 | 11.7 | 15 | 12.1 |