Table 2.

Sexual behavior and relationship experience among 12–14 year olds by sex and country, National Survey of Adolescents, 2004

Characteristic	Burkina Faso		Ghana		Malawi		Uganda
	Female (N=1272)	Male (N=1333)	Female (N=936)	Male (N=967)	Female (N=944)	Male (N=905)	Female (N=1282)	Male (N=1198)
Sexual behavior and relationship experience
Ever had sex	2.0	5.8*	1.7	1.3	3.1	19.3*	7.6	14.9*
Never had sex, but
had boyfriend/girlfriend	5.1	3.0	1.6	1.0	7.4	9.2	6.3	10.1*
have (been) fondled	2.1	3.7*	3.7	3.9	5.1	7.7	17.7	5.4*
have (been) kissed	1.5	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	2.9*
No sexual behavior or relationship experience	90.6	87.7	92.2	92.6	85.2	66.5*	68.4	69.4
Have close friends who ever had sex	10.7	17.1*	21.3	20.1	37.2	53.3*	41.9	42.3
Among those who ever had sex, % ever physically forced, hurt or threatened into having sex†	–	[6.0]	–	–	–	8.5	28.8	3.5*

Note: Sample sizes are unweighted, but percentages are weighted.

^*Chi=square p < 0.05, testing gender differences within countries.

^†Questions were asked of only 1 eligible adolescent per household and only if no over the age of 3 was present or within hearing range

“–” = Unweighted N is 24 cases or fewer. [ ] = Unweighted N is 25–49 cases.