Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the students (N = 263).
| Variable | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Age of the respondent (years) | ||
| 15–16 | 67 | 25.48 |
| 17–18 | 185 | 70.34 |
| 19–20 | 11 | 4.18 |
| Sex of the student | ||
| Male | 179 | 68.1 |
| Female | 84 | 31.9 |
| Grade of the student | ||
| Grade 10 | 88 | 33.5 |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 30.8 |
| Grade 12 | 94 | 35.7 |
| Substance user (alcohol) | ||
| No | 149 | 56.6 |
| Yes | 114 | 43.4 |
| Education of the mother | ||
| No formal education | 24 | 9.13 |
| Primary | 46 | 17.49 |
| Secondary | 87 | 33.08 |
| University | 106 | 40.3 |
| Education of the father | ||
| No formal education | 37 | 14.07 |
| Primary | 45 | 17.11 |
| Secondary | 68 | 25.86 |
| University | 103 | 39.16 |
| Domestic violence | ||
| No | 146 | 55.5 |
| Yes | 117 | 44.5 |
| Religion | ||
| Catholic | 88 | 35.5 |
| Protestant | 129 | 49 |
| Adventist | 33 | 12.5 |
| Muslim | 11 | 4.2 |
| Other | 2 | 0.8 |
| Study mode | ||
| Boarding | 147 | 55.9 |
| Nonboarding | 116 | 44.1 |
| Living arrangements | ||
| Living with one or both genetic parents | 212 | 80.6 |
| Living away from the parents | 51 | 19.4 |
| Ever heard about RSB | ||
| Yes | 259 | 98.48 |
| No | 4 | 1.52 |
| Ubudehe categorya | ||
| Category II | 37 | 14.07 |
| Cetegories III and IV | 226 | 85.93 |
| Awareness of the effects of RSB | ||
| Yes | 217 | 82.5 |
| No | 16 | 17.5 |
| Province of residence | ||
| Kigali | 150 | 57 |
| West | 16 | 6.1 |
| South | 36 | 13.7 |
| North | 25 | 9.5 |
| East | 35 | 13.7 |
| Communicate with the parents about sexual and reproductive health | ||
| No | 86 | 32.7 |
| Yes | 117 | 67.3 |
| Peer influence | ||
| No | 89 | 33.84 |
| Yes | 174 | 66.16 |
| Satisfied with the school materials | ||
| No | 150 | 57.03 |
| Yes | 113 | 42.97 |
RSB, risky sexual behavior.
Ubudehe category: It is a Rwandan strategy of categorizing all households into one of a range of appropriate categories of the poverty level. There are four categories, as follows: Category I: very poor and vulnerable citizens who are homeless and unable to feed themselves without assistance; Category II: citizens who are able to afford some form of rented or low-class owned accommodation but who were not gainfully employed and could only afford to eat once or twice a day; Category III: citizens who are gainfully employed, even employers of laborers, small farmers who had moved beyond subsistence farming, and owners of small and medium-scale enterprises; Category IV: the citizens classified under this category were chief executive officers of big businesses, employees who had full-time employment with organizations, industries, or companies, government employees, owners of shops or markets, and owners of commercial transport vehicles or trucks.