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. 2011 Oct 29;2011:469610. doi: 10.5402/2011/469610

Table 2.

Perceptions of youth about sexual and protective behavior.

Contraceptive method
None BC CU Dual
Attitude to sex; respondent reports that:
 I want kids my age to think I am a virgin 38% 24% 23% 41%*
 Kids my age would want to have sex to see how it feels 86% 75% 73% 68%
 I can say no if I did not want to have sex 74% 81% 80% 88%
 I feel dirty about pregnancy 15% 9% 16% 32%***
 I feel bad about having sex 39% 15% 16% 27%*

Intrinsic reward; respondent reports that:
 Sex feels good for girls 41% 68% 46% 48%*
 Sex feels good for boys 71% 83% 69% 63%

Social influence; respondent reports that:
 Most close friends use condom 45% 43% 65% 55%*
 Most boys use condom 30% 28% 56% 52%**
 Most girls have sex 58% 72% 51% 61%
 Friends would respect them less if pregnant 9% 9% 9% 18%**

Intention; in the next 6 months, I am:
 Likely to get pregnant 21% 17% 10% 3%**
 Likely to have sex 58% 81% 63% 58%***
 Likely to use condom 64% 77% 86% 76%*

Attitude toward condom use; respondent reports that:
 I could get condom 85% 96% 88% 92%*
 I have asked about the number of people my partner had sex with 57% 70% 61% 78%*
 I have asked partner about use condom 49% 68% 78% 87%****
 I believe that condoms take away feelings 53% 50% 32% 37%
 I believe that people do not use condom in serious relationship 41% 41% 29% 30%

AIDS knowledge; respondent reports that:
 AIDS is caused by virus (yes) 85% 100% 96% 86%**
 You can get AIDS in one sexual contact (yes) 85% 96% 84% 75%*
 Only receptive anal sex transmits AIDS (no) 61% 85% 76% 67%*

(1) P value *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001,and ****P < 0.0001 were obtained by CMH Chi-square test.