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. 2018 Jun;18(2):209–217. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v18i2.3

Table 2.

Communication about sex and opinion about marriage

First person who talked to me about sex
Variable Parents
(%)
Friends (%) Teachers
(%)
No one
(%)
Siblings (%) Total (%) p-value
Age 0.467
14 – 16 years 6 (16.2) 17 (45.9) 9 (24.3) 4 (10.8) 1 (2.7) 37 (100.0)
17+ years 9 (29.0) 16 (51.6) 4 (12.9) 2 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 31 (100.0)
Gender 0.041
Male 4 (12.1) 22 (66.7) 5 (15.2) 2 (6.1) 0 (0.0) 33 (100.0)
Female 11 (31.4) 11 (31.4) 8 (22.9) 4 (11.4) 1 (2.9) 35 (100.0)
Total 15 (22.1) 33 (48.5) 13 (19.1) 6 (8.8) 1 (1.5) 68 (100.0)
Talk to about sex
Variable Parents
(%)
Friends (%) Teachers
(%)
Pastor (%) Doctors
(%)
No one
(%)
Age 0.369
14 – 16 years 5 (13.5) 18 (48.6%) 4 (10.8) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 9 (24.3) 37 (100.0)
17+ years 3 (9.7) 20 (64.5) 2 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.5) 4 (12.9) 31 (100.0)
Gender 0.24
Male 1 (3.0) 21 (63.6) 3 (9.1) 1 (3.0) 1 (3.0) 6 (18.2) 33 (100.0)
Female 7 (20.0) 17 (48.6) 3 (8.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.9) 7 (20.0) 35 (100.0)
Total 8 (11.8) 38 (55.9) 6 (8.8) 1 (1.5) 2 (2.9) 13 (19.1) 68 (100.0)
Opinion about marriage
Variable I don't
mind (%)
I like (%) I fear (%) I hate (%) Anger (%)
Age 0.537
14 – 16 years 11(29.7) 10(27.0) 11(29.7) 4(10.8) 1(2.7) 37(100)
17+ years 6(19.4) 13(41.9) 10(32.3) 1(3.2) 1(3.2) 31(100)
Gender 0.04
Male 9(27.3) 16(48.5) 7(21.2) 1(3.0) 0(0.0) 33(100)
Female 8(22.9) 7(20.0) 14(40.0) 4(11.4) 2(5.7) 35(100)
Total 2(2.9) 1(1.5) 3(4.4) 54(79.4) 8(11.8) 68(100)

Analysis with Chi-Square test of independence