Table 2.
ASRH by socio-demographic and SRH characteristics of pastoralist adolescents stratified by gender, Afar, Ethiopia, 2021.
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASRH service use | ASRH service use | |||||
| Yes, N (%) | No, N (%) | P-value | Yes, N(%) | No, N (%) | P-value | |
| Total | 91(21) | 351(79) | 97(30) | 227(70) | ||
| Marital status | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Never married | 78 (19) | 342 (81) | 72 (25) | 216 (75) | ||
| Ever married | 13 (59) | 9 (41) | 25 (69) | 11 (31) | ||
| Schooling status | 0.011 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Student | 85 (23) | 290 (77) | 95 (33) | 189 (67) | ||
| Out-of-school | 6 (9) | 61 (91) | 2 (5) | 38 (95) | ||
| Educational status | < 0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
| No formal education at all | 6 (9) | 61 (91) | 2 (5) | 38 (95) | ||
| Primary education | 40 (16) | 213 (84) | 89 (34) | 171 (66) | ||
| Secondary education & above | 45 (37) | 77 (63) | 6 (25) | 18 (75) | ||
| Guardianship | < 0.001 | 0.012 | ||||
| Parents | 62 (16) | 321 (84) | 82 (28) | 212 (72) | ||
| Others | 29 (49) | 30 (51) | 15 (50) | 15 (50) | ||
| Sexual exposure | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever had sex | 85 (26) | 239 (74) | 77 (39) | 123 (62) | ||
| Never had sex | 6 (5) | 112 (95) | 20 (16) | 104 (84) | ||
| Media exposure to SRH | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever exposed | 89 (34) | 176 (66) | 92 (36) | 167 (64) | ||
| Never exposed | 2 (1) | 175 (99) | 5 (8) | 60 (92) | ||
| Perceived risk for acquiring HIV | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| high | 45 (52) | 42 (48) | 23 (61) | 15 (39) | ||
| low | 42 (27) | 114 (73) | 59 (28) | 154 (72) | ||
| Condom use | 0.606 | 0.018 | ||||
| Yes | 22 (22) | 76 (78) | 29 (41) | 41 (59) | ||
| No | 69 (20) | 275 (80) | 68 (27) | 186 (73) | ||
| ASRH discussion | 0.000 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 83 (70) | 35 (30) | 68 (52) | 63 (48) | ||
| No | 8 (2) | 316 (98) | 29 (15) | 164 (85) | ||
Ever married is used here to indicate Adolescents who have been married at least once in their lives although their current marital status may not be “married” (divorced, widowed, separated…)