Table 1.

Distribution of respondents' source of Knowledge regarding puberty and adolescence, Midnapore, 2007.

Group	Sources of pubertal knowledge	Frequency	Percentage (%)	Significantly difference with group number*
1	Friends/classmates	189	36.3	2, 3, 4, 5
2	Parents	128	24.6	1, 3, 4, 5
3	Teachers	94	18.0	1, 2, 4, 5
4	Media	77	14.8	1, 2, 3, 5
5	Others	33	6.3	1, 2, 3, 4

^*Result of proportion test.