Table 4.

Perceptions of sexual health services by gender and sexual experience

Perceptions	All	Males			Females
	Total (N=1745)	Sexually inexperienced (n=341)	Sexually experienced (n=565)	Total (n=906)	Sexually inexperienced (n=550)	Sexually experienced (n=289)	Total (n=839)	Total (standardized) d
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Should there be a sexual health clinic providing services only for young people? b, c
Yes	71.8	64.5	76.0	71.7	67.8	80.1	72.0	75.5
If ‘yes’, how important for a clinic to have each of the features listed?	(n=1253)	(n=220)	(n=429)	(n=649)	(i=373)	(n=231)	(n=604)
Located away from a hospital area a
Very important	57.5	59.3	62.1	61.1	52.6	55.1	53.5	54.3
Offering multiple services or a one-stop service
Very important	88.4	88.9	86.0	87.0	90.1	89.4	89.9	89.6
Providing separate clinics for females and males a
Very important	67.8	61.1	60.4	60.7	76.2	74.0	75.3	74.7
Opening hours that are convenient for school-going and working adolescents #
Very important	78.9	77.3	78.2	77.9	80.0	79.7	79.9	79.8
Staff with sympathetic attitudes to sexually active young people a, c
Very important	90.8	88.9	88.9	88.9	94.8	89.9	92.9	91.6
Providing free or low-cost services
Very important	82.5	80.1	84.6	83.1	80.5	83.7	81.8	82.6
Focusing on confidentiality
Very important	88.6	87.5	87.9	87.8	91.2	86.8	89.5	88.3
Providing abortions b, c
Very important	53.2	41.2	59.5	53.3	46.6	63.0	52.9	57.4

^aThe Chi-square statistic between male and female groups is significant at the 0.05 level.

^bThe Chi-square statistic between different educational groups of males is significant at the 0.05 level.

^cThe Chi-square statistic between different educational groups of females is significant at the 0.05 level.

^dThe final column for females is standardized to the distribution by educational group for males. The percentages shown represent the proportions that would have been observed if the females had the same distribution by educational group as the males.