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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 690)

From: Factors influencing adolescents’ healthy pregnancy preparation behavior: a cross-sectional gender comparison applying the health belief model

Variables

Total

Boys

(n = 416)

Girls

(n = 274)

95% CI

χ2 or t(P)

n (%) or M ± SD

Lower

Upper

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Age (years)

16.8 ± 1.0

16.9 ± 1.0

16.8 ± 0.9

  

0.73 (0.467)

  15

66 (9.6)

46 (11.0)

20 (7.3)

  

  16

179 (25.9)

99 (23.8)

80 (29.2)

  

  17

245 (35.5)

138 (33.2)

107 (39.1)

  

  18

200 (29.0)

133 (32.0)

67 (24.4)

  

 Religion

     

0.07 (0.787)

  No

439 (63.6)

263 (63.2)

176 (64.2)

  

  Yes

251 (36.4)

153 (36.8)

98 (35.8)

  

 Academic achievement

     

20.45 (< 0.001)

  Dissatisfied

166 (24.1)

78 (18.8)

88 (32.1)

  

  Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied

329 (47.7)

201 (48.3)

128 (46.7)

  

  Satisfied

195 (28.2)

137 (32.9)

58 (21.2)

  

 Living condition

     

0.03 (0.870)

  Without family

49 (7.1)

29 (7.0)

20 (7.3)

  

  With family

641 (92.9)

387 (93.0)

254 (92.7)

  

 Economic status

     

2.28 (0.320)

  Low

47 (6.8)

33 (7.9)

14 (5.1)

  

  Middle

515 (74.6)

309 (74.3)

206 (75.2)

  

  High

128 (18.6)

74 (17.8)

54 (19.7)

  

Health behavior characteristics

 Alcohol consumption experience

    

2.15 (0.143)

  No

392 (56.8)

227 (54.6)

165 (60.2)

  

  Yes

298 (43.2)

189 (45.4)

109 (39.8)

  

 Smoking experience

     

14.32 (< 0.001)

  No

553 (80.1)

314 (75.5)

239 (87.2)

  

  Yes

137 (19.9)

102 (24.5)

35 (12.8)

  

 HPV vaccine

     

15.42 (< 0.001)

  No

636 (92.2)

397 (95.4)

239 (87.2)

  

  Yes

54 (7.8)

19 (4.6)

35 (12.8)

  

Sex-related behavior characteristics

 Sexual education experience

    

0.39 (0.530)

  No

133 (19.3)

77 (18.5)

56 (20.4)

  

  Yes

557 (80.7)

339 (81.5)

218 (79.6)

  

 Sexual experience

     

0.15 (0.700)

  No

633 (91.7)

383 (92.1)

250 (91.2)

  

  Yes

57 (8.3)

33 (7.9)

24 (8.8)

  

Importance of and confidence in healthy pregnancy preparation behavior

 Importance

(range 0–100)

92.25 ± 10.09

92.02 ± 10.55

92.60 ± 9.36

− 2.12

0.96

− 0.74 (0.459)

 Confidence

(range 0–100)

87.98 ± 13.39

88.22 ± 13.31

87.61 ± 13.53

− 1.44

2.66

0.58 (0.559)

Gender equality related to pregnancy and birth

 Women’s responsibility

12.51 ± 3.75

13.12 ± 3.58

11.59 ± 3.82

0.97

2.09

5.35 (< 0.001)

 Men’s responsibility

15.33 ± 3.63

15.31 ± 3.27

15.37 ± 4.13

− 0.61

0.50

− 0.20 (0.843)

HBM constructs about healthy pregnancy preparation behavior

 Perceived susceptibility

7.23 ± 2.62

7.37 ± 2.83

7.09 ± 2.27

− 0.12

0.68

1.37 (0.172)

 Perceived severity

13.71 ± 1.93

13.60 ± 2.03

13.87 ± 1.76

− 0.56

0.02

− 1.80 (0.072)

 Perceived benefits

13.67 ± 1.90

13.76 ± 1.93

13.53 ± 1.84

− 0.05

0.53

1.61 (0.109)

 Perceived barriers

7.30 ± 2.14

7.27 ± 2.33

7.35 ± 1.82

− 0.41

0.24

− 0.52 (0.602)

 Likelihood of healthy pregnancy preparation behavior

13.54 ± 2.06

13.56 ± 2.03

13.53 ± 2.11

− 0.28

0.35

0.22 (0.824)

  1. M mean; SD standard deviation; CI confidence interval; HPV human papillomavirus; HBM health belief model