Factors | Adolescent communication on sexual issues | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With both Parents | With Only One Parent | With No Parents | p-value | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sex | |||||||
 Male | 6 | 6.7 | 15 | 16.9 | 68 | 76.4 | 0.001** |
 Female | 19 | 14.4 | 46 | 34.8 | 67 | 50.8 | |
Age group | |||||||
 10–14 | 7 | 7.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 63 | 63.0 | 0.174 |
 15–19 | 18 | 14.9 | 31 | 25.6 | 72 | 59.5 | |
Educational level attained | |||||||
 No education | 4 | 12.5 | 10 | 31.3 | 18 | 56.3 | 0.977 |
 Primary | 10 | 10.4 | 26 | 27.1 | 60 | 62.5 | |
 Secondary | 11 | 11.8 | 25 | 26.9 | 57 | 61.3 | |
Current school attendance | |||||||
 Schooling | 22 | 11.1 | 55 | 27.6 | 122 | 61.3 | 0.935 |
 Not schooling | 3 | 13.6 | 6 | 27.3 | 13 | 59.1 | |
Adolescent club membership | |||||||
 Not a member | 7 | 9.1 | 14 | 18.2 | 56 | 72.7 | 0.031* |
 Member | 18 | 12.5 | 47 | 32.6 | 79 | 54.9 | |
Living arrangements | |||||||
 Living with both Parents | 15 | 17.4 | 16 | 30.2 | 45 | 52.3 | 0.041* |
 Living with father only | 3 | 7.0 | 7 | 16.3 | 33 | 76.7 | |
 Living with mother only | 7 | 7.6 | 28 | 30.4 | 57 | 62.0 | |
 Living with older brother(s) | 10 | 18.5 | 14 | 25.9 | 30 | 55.6 | 0.156 |
 Living with older sister(s) | 6 | 12.0 | 13 | 26.0 | 31 | 62.0 | 0.953 |
Frequency of communicating with father | |||||||
 Easy | 17 | 17.5 | 22 | 22.7 | 58 | 59.8 | 0.023* |
 Average | 5 | 15.6 | 8 | 25.0 | 19 | 59.4 | |
 Difficult | 3 | 3.3 | 31 | 33.7 | 58 | 63.0 | |
Frequency of communicating with mother | |||||||
 Easy | 22 | 15.3 | 43 | 29.9 | 79 | 54.9 | 0.023* |
 Average | 2 | 6.9 | 9 | 31.0 | 18 | 62.1 | |
 Difficult | 1 | 2.1 | 9 | 18.8 | 38 | 79.2 | |
Sexual history | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Never had sex | 17 | 9.9 | 43 | 25.0 | 112 | 65.1 | 0.068 |
 Ever had sex | 8 | 16.3 | 18 | 36.7 | 23 | 46.9 | |
History of contraception | |||||||
 Never use contraceptives | 17 | 9.5 | 45 | 25.1 | 117 | 65.4 | 0.022* |
 Ever use contraceptives | 8 | 19.0 | 16 | 38.1 | 18 | 42.9 | |
Sexual harassment | |||||||
 Not sexually harassed | 22 | 12.5 | 48 | 27.3 | 106 | 60.2 | 0.544 |
 Sexually harassed | 3 | 6.7 | 13 | 28.9 | 29 | 64.4 |