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Table 2 Sample characteristics (N = 4309)

From: Sexual wellbeing in early adolescence: a cross-sectional assessment among girls and boys in urban Indonesia

Variable

Total

Boys

Girls

p

N = 4309

N = 2031

N = 2278

 

Site

   

0.14

 Bandar Lampung

1143 (26.5%)

543 (26.7%)

600 (26.3%)

 

 Denpasar

1682 (39.0%)

818 (40.3%)

864 (37.9%)

 

 Semarang

1484 (34.4%)

670 (33.0%)

814 (35.7%)

 

Individual

    

Age (mean)

12.2 (0.5)

12.2 (0.6)

12.1 (0.5)

 < 0.001

 10–12 years

3356 (77.9%)

1499 (73.8%)

1857 (81.5%)

 

 13–14 years

953 (22.1%)

532 (26.2%)

421 (18.5%)

 

Pubertal onset

   

 < 0.001

 Prepubertal

310 (7.2%)

194 (9.6%)

116 (5.1%)

 

 Pubertal

3999 (92.8%)

1837 (90.4%)

2162 (94.9%)

 

Religion

   

0.55

 Islam

2725 (63.2%)

1264 (62.2%)

1461 (64.1%)

 

 Hinduism

1477 (34.3%)

715 (35.2%)

762 (33.5%)

 

 Christian/other

91 (2.5%)

43 (2.5%)

48 (2.4%)

 

Religiosity

   

 < 0.001

 Low

618 (14.3%)

248 (12.2%)

370 (16.2%)

 

 High

3691 (85.7%)

1783 (87.8%)

1908 (83.8%)

 

Perceived voice (median, IQR)

3.0 (2.6, 3.4)

2.9 (2.3, 3.3)

3.0 (2.7, 3.4)

 < 0.001

 Low

2461 (57.1%)

1284 (63.2%)

1177 (51.7%)

 < 0.001

 High

1848 (42.9%)

747 (36.8%)

1101 (48.3%)

 

Decision-making (median, IQR)

3.0 (2.5, 3.2)

3.0 (2.3, 3.2)

3.0 (2.5, 3.2)

0.003

 Low

2828 (65.6%)

1365 (67.2%)

1463 (64.2%)

0.039

 High

1481 (34.4%)

666 (32.8%)

815 (35.8%)

 

Relationship status

   

 < 0.001

 Never in relationship

2581 (59.9%)

1118 (55.0%)

1463 (64.2%)

 

 Ever but not currently

994 (23.1%)

445 (21.9%)

549 (24.1%)

 

 Currently in relationship

734 (17.0%)

468 (23.0%)

266 (11.7%)

 

Ever non-coital sexual activities

   

 < 0.001

 No

3089 (71.7%)

1383 (68.1%)

1706 (74.9%)

 

 Yes

1220 (28.3%)

648 (31.9%)

572 (25.1%)

 

Ever sexual intercourse

   

 < 0.001

 No

4255 (98.7%)

1982 (97.6%)

2273 (99.8%)

 

 Yes

54 (1.3%)

49 (2.4%)

5 (0.2%)

 

Family

    

Main caregiver

   

0.027

 Mother

3830 (88.9%)

1772 (87.2%)

2058 (90.3%)

 

 Father

240 (5.6%)

129 (6.4%)

111 (4.9%)

 

 Sibling

21 (0.5%)

12 (0.6%)

9 (0.4%)

 

 Grandparent

119 (2.8%)

67 (3.3%)

52 (2.3%)

 

 Other

99 (2.3%)

51 (2.5%)

48 (2.1%)

 

Living with

   

 < 0.001

 Both parents

3695 (85.7%)

1717 (84.5%)

1978 (86.8%)

 

 One parent

386 (9.0%)

171 (8.4%)

215 (9.4%)

 

 Grandparents/other

228 (5.3%)

143 (7.0%)

85 (3.7%)

 

Parental connectedness

   

0.007

 Low

507 (11.8%)

254 (12.5%)

253 (11.1%)

 

 Somewhat

1024 (23.8%)

517 (25.5%)

507 (22.3%)

 

 High

2778 (64.5%)

1260 (62.0%)

1518 (66.6%)

 

School/community

    

Educational aspirations

   

 < 0.001

  ≤ Junior high

128 (3.0%)

88 (4.3%)

40 (1.8%)

 

 Senior high/dipl

784 (18.2%)

513 (25.3%)

271 (11.9%)

 

 University

3322 (77.1%)

1389 (68.4%)

1933 (84.9%)

 

 Other

75 (1.7%)

41 (2.0%)

34 (1.5%)

 

School days missed last month

   

 < 0.001

 None

3038 (70.5%)

1363 (67.1%)

1675 (73.5%)

 

 1–2 days

1114 (25.9%)

580 (28.6%)

534 (23.4%)

 

 3 or more days

157 (3.6%)

88 (4.3%)

69 (3.0%)

 

Ever felt threatened at school

   

 < 0.001

 No

3558 (82.6%)

1627 (80.1%)

1931 (84.8%)

 < 0.001

 Yes

751 (17.4%)

404 (19.9%)

347 (15.2%)

 

Access to social media

    

 No

295 (6.8%)

161 (7.9%)

134 (5.9%)

 < 0.01

 Yes

4014 (93.2)

1870 (92.1%)

2144 (94.1%)