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. 2011 May 12;11:304. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-304

Table 4.

Association between perceived self efficacy to refuse sex, peer sexual behaviour and adoption of sexual abstinence

Variable (n = 420) Abstinence
No Yes P = value*
No (%) No (%)
How confident are you to Refuse sex with someone who gives you a lift?
Very confident 24 (8.6) 255 (91.4)
Confident 6 (20) 24 (80) .014
Not confident 11 (15.5) 60 (84.5)
Can't say 9 (23.7) 29 (76.3)

Attitude towards abstinence
Highly favourable 3 (2.7) 109 (97.3) < 0.001
Favourable 13 (12.4) 92 (87.6)
Unfavourable 35 (17.9) 160(81.2)

Have some of your friends had sexual intercourse?
Some of them 23 (19) 98 (81)
Most of them 9 (27.3) 24 (72.7) < 0.0001
All of them 8 (42.1) 11(57.9)
Don't know 10 (4.2) 230 (95.8)