Table 2 Baseline characteristics and outcomes
Level | Overall | Female | Male | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 4161 | n = 2234 | n = 1924 | ||
School (%) | ||||
Secondary | 1309 (31.5) | 719 (32.2) | 590 (30.7) | 0.309 |
Primary | 2852 (68.5) | 1515 (67.8) | 1334 (69.3) | |
Place (%) | ||||
Rural | 1338 (32.2) | 716 (32.1) | 622 (32.3) | 0.874 |
Town | 2823 (67.8) | 1518 (67.9) | 1302 (67.7) | |
Age (%) | ||||
− 12 | 617 (14.8) | 419 (18.8) | 197 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
12–14 | 1789 (43.0) | 985 (44.1) | 803 (41.7) | |
14- | 1731 (41.6) | 825 (36.9) | 905 (47.0) | |
Missing | 24 (0.6) | 5 (0.2) | 19 (1.0) | |
Have brother/sister (%) | ||||
No | 487 (11.7) | 235 (10.5) | 252 (13.1) | 0.025 |
Yes | 3652 (87.8) | 1989 (89.0) | 1660 (86.3) | |
Missing | 22 (0.5) | 10 (0.4) | 12 (0.6) | |
Religion (%) | ||||
Christian | 1668 (40.1) | 911 (40.8) | 754 (39.2) | 0.521 |
Muslim | 2440 (58.6) | 1293 (57.9) | 1147 (59.6) | |
Others | 27 (0.6) | 17 (0.8) | 10 (0.5) | |
Missing | 26 (0.6) | 13 (0.6) | 13 (0.7) | |
Hope for marriage (%) | ||||
No | 949 (22.8) | 599 (26.8) | 349 (18.1) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 3177 (76.4) | 1624 (72.7) | 1551 (80.6) | |
Missing | 35 (0.8) | 11 (0.5) | 24 (1.2) | |
Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission (%) | ||||
No | 2863 (68.8) | 1555 (69.6) | 1306 (67.9) | 0.353 |
Yes | 1265 (30.4) | 664 (29.7) | 600 (31.2) | |
Missing | 33 (0.8) | 15 (0.7) | 18 (0.9) | |
Experience of sexual intercourse (%) | ||||
No | 4104 (98.6) | 2210 (98.9) | 1891 (98.3) | 0.006 |
Yes | 26 (0.6) | 6 (0.3) | 20 (1.0) | |
Missing | 31 (0.7) | 18 (0.8) | 13 (0.7) | |
Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents (%) | ||||
No | 2459 (59.1) | 1283 (57.4) | 1175 (61.1) | 0.003 |
Yes | 1679 (40.4) | 944 (42.3) | 733 (38.1) | |
Missing | 23 (0.6) | 7 (0.3) | 16 (0.8) | |
Have daily talk with parents (%) | ||||
No | 672 (16.1) | 373 (16.7) | 299 (15.5) | 0.007 |
Yes | 3469 (83.4) | 1857 (83.1) | 1609 (83.6) | |
Missing | 20 (0.5) | 4 (0.2) | 16 (0.8) | |
The hope for the future (mean (SD)) | 39.0 (4.8) | 39.0 (5.0) | 39.0 (4.5) | 0.56 |
The attitudes of reproductive health score (mean (SD)) | 18.6 (5.2) | 18.4 (5.2) | 18.9 (5.2) | 0.002 |
The behaviors of reproductive health score (mean (SD)) | 14.7 (3.3) | 14.3 (3.3) | 15.2 (3.3) | < 0.001 |