Table 4.
Casual coital experiences of adolescents who had had sexual intercourse by sex and educational group.
| All | Males | Females | ||||||||
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| Total (n=850) |
Group Oa (n=193) |
Group V (n=275) |
Group G (n=93) |
Total (n=561) |
Group O (n=89) |
Group V (n=132) |
Group G (n=68) |
Total (n=289) |
Total (standardized) ^ |
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| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
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| Ever had a casual sexual partner *#+ |
34.2 | 50.8 | 40.5 | 34.4 | 43.0 | 31.5 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 16.9 | 17.5 |
| Number of casual coital encounters |
(n=291) | (n=98) | (n=112) | (n=32) | (n=242) | (n=29) | (n=13) | (n=7) | (n=49) | |
| Only one | 26.6 | 23.5 | 25.9 | 31.3 | 25.6 | 32.1 | 23.1 | 42.9 | 31.3 | 29.5 |
| 2-5 | 47.6 | 45.9 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 47.5 | 46.4 | 53.8 | 42.9 | 47.9 | 49.4 |
| 6-10 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| More than 10 |
17.6 | 21.4 | 18.8 | 12.5 | 19.0 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| Frequency of condom use with casual partners * |
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| Always | 53.8 | 57.1 | 54.5 | 65.6 | 57.0 | 42.9 | 38.5 | 14.3 | 37.5 | 36.0 |
| Often | 15.2 | 16.3 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 25.0 | 38.5 | 14.3 | 27.1 | 29.8 |
| Sometimes | 16.6 | 13.3 | 20.5 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 14.7 |
| Never | 14.5 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 42.9 | 18.8 | 19.6 |
a
Group O=Out-of-school; Group V=Vocational school; Group G=General school/university
*
Chi-square statistic between males and females significant at 0.05 level.
#
Chi-square statistic between educational groups of males significant at 0.05 level.
+
Chi-square statistic between educational groups of females significant at 0.05 level.
^
Standardized to male distribution by educational group