Table 6.
Association between sexual activity and other characteristics of respondents (n=400)
| Variable | Sexually active
|
χ2 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | |||
| Age groups (years) | ||||
| Less than 20 | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | 15.4 | 0.001 |
| 20–24 | 101 (42.4) | 137 (57.6) | ||
| 25–29 | 57 (43.5) | 74 (56.5) | ||
| 30 and above | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 113 (49.8) | 114 (50.2) | 8.4 | 0.004 |
| Male | 61 (35.3) | 112 (64.7) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 168 (45.2) | 204 (54.8) | 6.0 | 0.01 |
| Married | 6 (21.4) | 22 (78.6) | ||
| Time spent watching television daily (hours) (n=341; no response =59) | ||||
| 0–2 | 49 (40.5) | 73 (59.5) | 6.7 | 0.03 |
| 3–5 | 57 (42.5) | 77 (57.5) | ||
| More than 5 | 22 (25.9) | 63 (74.1) | ||
| Frequency of Internet use* | ||||
| Often | 66 (33.7) | 132 (66.3) | 16.6 | 0.0003 |
| Occasionally | 63 (53.8) | 53 (46.2) | ||
| Rarely | 45 (46.3) | 41 (53.7) | ||
| Frequency of accessing sexually explicit materials (n=298)* | ||||
| Often | 12 (21.4) | 44 (78.6) | 14.8 | 0.001 |
| Occasionally | 16 (30.2) | 37 (69.8) | ||
| Rarely | 90 (47.6) | 99 (52.4) | ||
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 25 (54.3) | 21 (45.7) | 2.5 | 0.11 |
| Urban | 149 (42.1) | 205 (57.9) | ||
Note:
*
Often indicates daily to weekly use; occasionally indicates once or twice a month; and rarely indicates once in two to three months.
Abbreviation: n, number.