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Table 2 Association between adolescent characteristics and communication on sexual with their parents

From: Determinants of communication on sexual issues between adolescents and their parents in the Adaklu district of the Volta region, Ghana: a multinomial logistic regression analysis

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

       

 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

  1. **p = 0.001; * p < 0.05