Table 3 Reasons for young students for not discussing on SRH issues with their parents in Agaro town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019
Topic of discussion | Not discussed (n, %) | Reasons for not discussing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shamea | Culturally unacceptablea | Parents lack knowledgea | Parents too busya | Difficult and embar-rassinga | Othersb | ||
Contraceptive | 253 (80.3) | 129 (40.9) | 84 (26.7) | 95 (30.2) | 46 (14.6) | 54 (17.1) | 8 (2.5) |
STIs/HIV/AIDS | 203 (64.4) | 113 (35.9) | 76 (24.1) | 156 (49.5) | 37 (11.7) | 31 (9.8) | 11 (3.4) |
Unwanted pregnancy | 240 (76.2) | 145 (46) | 32 (10.2) | 78 (24.8) | 27 (8.5) | 64 (20.3) | 7 (2.2) |
Premarital sex | 189 (60) | 178 (56.5) | 57 (18.1) | 41 (13) | 19 (6) | 94 (29.8) | 13 (4.1) |
Sexual intercourse | 270 (85.7) | 190 (60.3) | 31 (9.8) | 51 (16.2) | 12 (3.8) | 75 (23.8) | 15 (4.8) |
Condom | 279 (88.6) | 201 (63.8) | 74 (23.5) | 25 (7.9) | 13 (4.1) | 87 (27.6) | 11 (3.5) |
Puberty | 196 (62.2) | 82 (26) | 11 (3.5) | 32 (10.2) | 43 (13.7) | 18 (5.7) | 7 (2.2) |