Table 3.
Proportion of study participants aged 15–24 years old experiencing sexual activity, stratified by occupation.
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| Number (%) | Number having sexual activity (%) | Number (%) | Number having sexual activity (%) | Number (%) | Number having sexual activity (%) | ||
| 15–19 | Urban | 478 (80.5) | 19 (4.0) | 116 (19.5) | 45 (38.8) | 594 (100.0) | 64 (10.8) |
| Rural | 780 (83.0) | 5 (0.6) | 160 (17.0) | 37 (23.1) | 940 (100.0) | 42 (4.5) | |
| Total | 1258 (82.0) | 24 (1.9) | 276 (18.0) | 82 (29.7) | 1534 (100.0) | 106 (6.9) | |
| 20–24 | Urban | 226 (36.9) | 34 (15.0) | 386 (63.1) | 238 (61.7) | 612 (100.0) | 272 (44.4) |
| Rural | 168 (20.7) | 9 (5.4) | 642 (79.3) | 495 (77.1) | 810 (100.0) | 504 (62.2) | |
| Total | 394 (27.7) | 43 (10.9) | 1028 (72.3) | 733 (71.3) | 1422 (100.0) | 776 (54.6) | |
| Total | Urban | 704 (58.4) | 53 (7.5) | 502 (41.6) | 283 (56.4) | 1206 (100.0) | 336 (27.9) |
| Rural | 948 (54.2) | 14 (1.5) | 802 (45.8) | 532 (66.3) | 1750 (100.0) | 546 (31.2) | |
| Total | 1652 (55.9) | 67 (4.1) | 1304 (44.1) | 815 (62.5) | 2956 (100.0) | 882 (29.8) | |