Table 2.
Sex-related knowledge and attitudes towards premarital sex among unmarried out-of-school youth
| Knowledge & Attitudes | Total | Males | Females | |
| N | 1304 | 801 | 503 | |
| Sex-related knowledge | ||||
| Mean score of sex-related knowledge (0–38) | 14.9 ± 7.3 | 15.1 ± 7.6 | 14.6 ± 6.8 | |
| Sexual physiology (0–14) | 5.6 ± 3.2 | 5.5 ± 3.3 | 5.8 ± 3.0 | * |
| Contraception (0–12) | 3.5 ± 3.0 | 3.8 ± 3.1 | 3.1 ± 2.8 | *** |
| HIV/STI transmission (0–12) | 5.7 ± 2.8 | 5.8 ± 2.9 | 5.6 ± 2.6 | |
| Attitudes towards premarital sex and pregnancy | ||||
| Attitudes towards men's premarital sex† | ||||
| Favorable | 60.8 | 63.1 | 56.8 | ** |
| Neutral | 32.3 | 31.7 | 33.3 | |
| Unfavorable | 6.9 | 5.2 | 9.9 | |
| Attitudes towards women's premarital sex† | ||||
| Favorable | 61.0 | 63.4 | 56.8 | ** |
| Neutral | 31.1 | 30.5 | 32.2 | |
| Unfavorable | 7.9 | 6.1 | 11.0 | |
| Attitudes towards women's premarital pregnancy† | ||||
| Favorable | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.0 | *** |
| Neutral | 38.8 | 42.6 | 32.6 | |
| Unfavorable | 53.3 | 48.8 | 60.4 | |
† The statistical significance was tested using Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel Statistics.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.