Table 5.
Perceptions of sexual health services among respondents who reported having had sexual intercourse by gender and educational group
| Perceptions | All | Males | Females | |||||||
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| Total (n=850) |
Out-of- school group (n=193) |
Vocational school group (n=275) |
High and university group (n=93) |
Total (n=561) |
Out-of- school group (n=89) |
Vocational school group (n=132) |
High and university group (n=68) |
Total (n=289) |
Total (standardised for educational group)d |
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| Should there be a sexual health clinic providing services only for young people? b, c |
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| Yes | 77.4 | 79.7 | 71.2 | 82.4 | 76 | 84.3 | 77.4 | 79.4 | 80.1 | 80.1 |
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| (n=658) | (n=154) | (n=196) | (n=77) | (n=427) | (n=75) | (n=102) | (n=54) | (n=231) | ||
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| If ‘yes’, how important for a clinic to have each of the features listed? |
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| Located away from a hospital area a |
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| Very important | 59.6 | 60.1 | 64.4 | 60 | 62.1 | 57.3 | 57.1 | 48.1 | 55.1 | 55.7 |
| Offering multiple services or a one-stop service |
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| Very important | 87.2 | 85.6 | 85.6 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 92.9 | 79.6 | 89.4 | 90.4 |
| Providing separate clinics for females and males a |
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| Very important | 65.2 | 51.6 | 67.0 | 61.3 | 60.4 | 74.7 | 75.5 | 70.4 | 74 | 74.4 |
| Opening hours that are convenient for school- going and working adolescents b |
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| Very important | 78.7 | 78.4 | 77.8 | 78.7 | 78.2 | 78.7 | 84.7 | 72.2 | 79.7 | 80.6 |
| Staff with sympathetic attitudes to sexually active young people a, c |
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| Very important | 89.2 | 91.5 | 87.1 | 88 | 88.9 | 90.7 | 93.9 | 81.5 | 89.9 | 90.7 |
| Providing free or low- cost services |
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| Very important | 84.3 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 80.0 | 84.6 | 81.3 | 84.7 | 85.2 | 83.7 | 83.6 |
| Focusing on confidentiality |
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| Very important | 87.5 | 88.2 | 86.1 | 92 | 87.9 | 84 | 91.8 | 81.5 | 86.8 | 87.4 |
| Providing abortions b, c | ||||||||||
| Very important | 60.7 | 67.3 | 57.7 | 48.0 | 59.5 | 58.7 | 73.5 | 50.0 | 63.0 | 64.5 |
a
The Chi-square statistic between male and female groups is significant at the 0.05 level.
b
The Chi-square statistic between different educational groups of males is significant at the 0.05 level.
c
The Chi-square statistic between different educational groups of females is significant at the 0.05 level.
d
The 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.