Table 2.
Association between parent and child perspectives on the triggers of sexual communication by selected background characteristics of child
| Variable | Parent’s own initiation | Suspicion | Event driven | Child asked a question | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | |
| Sex of child | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Female | 58.6 | 57.6 | 21.3 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 20.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Male | 59.7 | 68.4 | 19.8 | 15.4 | 18.4 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Age group | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 10-14 | 72.3 | 84.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 19.9 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 |
| 15-19 | 52.3 | 56.6 | 24.8 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 20-24 | 58.5 | 52.8 | 26.6 | 25.0 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Parent connectedness | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Not close | 40.0 | 37.5 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Somewhat close | 54.9 | 58.4 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Very close | 62.5 | 65.8 | 18.9 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Place of residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 58.7 | 61.9 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Urban | 59.6 | 63.4 | 18.8 | 15.3 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Stay with parent | ** | ** | ** | ** | ||||
| Partial stay | 59.0 | 54.7 | 22.9 | 23.3 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 5.8 |
| Continuous stay | 59.1 | 64.0 | 20.2 | 16.6 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
Note: Statistical test compares differences between mothers and fathers for each variable. *P < 0.05. **P < 0.01. ***P <0.001.