Table 1.

Background characteristics of adolescent focus group participants

Background characteristics	Female (N = 172) n (%)	Male (N = 169) n (%)	Total (N = 341) n (%)
Age (years)
15	39 (22.7)	39 (23.1)	78 (22.9)
16	20 (11.6)	28 (16.6)	48 (14.1)
17	30 (17.4)	26 (15.4)	56 (16.4)
18	40 (23.3)	27 (16.0)	67 (19.6)
19	43 (25.0)	32 (18.9)	75 (22.0)
20-24*	-	15 (8.9)	15 (4.4)
Unknown	0 (0.0)	2 (1.2)	2 (0.6)
Location
Urban	96 (55.8)	78 (46.2)	174 (51.0)
Rural	76 (44.2)	91 (53.8)	167 (49.0)
Education
Currently in school	93 (54.1)	85 (50.3)	178 (52.3)
Completed school	69 (40.1)	79 (46.7)	148 (43.4)
Highest level attended‡
Primary	39 (56.5)	39 (49.4)	78 (52.7)
Secondary	30 (43.5)	40 (50.6)	70 (47.3)
Never attended school	2 (1.2)	3 (1.8)	5 (1.5)
No response	8 (4.7)	2 (1.2)	10 (2.9)
Marital status
Never married	152 (88.4)	156 (92.3)	308 (90.3)
Ever married	5 (2.9)	5 (3.0)	10 (2.9)
No response	15 (8.7)	8 (4.7)	23 (6.7)
Sexual activity
Never had sex	100 (58.1)	69 (40.8)	169 (49.6)
Ever had sex	72 (41.9)	100 (59.2)	172 (50.4)
Sexual debut
<15	11 (6.4)	18 (10.7)	29 (8.5)
15-16	22 (12.8)	36 (21.3)	58 (17.0)
17-19	29 (16.9)	27 (16.0)	56 (16.4)
20-24	-	2 (1.2)	2 (0.6)
Unknown	2 (1.2)	11 (6.5)	13 (3.8)
No response	8 (4.7)	6 (3.6)	14 (4.1)
Ever heard of STIs
No	36 (20.9)	47 (27.8)	83 (24.3)
Yes	129 (75.0)	120 (71.0)	249 (73.0)
No response	7 (4.1)	2 (1.2)	9 (2.6)
Ever heard of family planning
No	42 (24.4)	44 (26.0)	86 (25.2)
Yes	124 (72.1)	121 (71.6)	245 (71.8)
No response	6 (3.5)	4 (2.4)	10 (2.9)
Accessed SRH services in the last 12 months
No	118 (68.6)	122 (72.2)	240 (70.4)
Yes	28 (16.3)	15 (8.9)	43 (12.6)
Unsure / no response	26 (15.1)	32 (18.9)	58 (17.0)

*A total of 4 FGDs were carried out with young men aged 15–24 who had fathered a child.

^‡Primary school includes Years 1–8, secondary school Years 9–13.