TABLE 1.
Preferred and Actual Sources of Sexual Education
| Source | Would ask question about sex |
Received most sex informationa |
Should teach about sexa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| % (n) |
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| Parent | 28.8 (36) | 19.4 (20) | 34.4 (43) | 28.2 (29) | 70.4 (88) | 82.5* (85) |
| Sibling | 12.0 (15) | 15.5 (16) | 21.6 (27) | 27.2 (28) | N/A | |
| Grandparent | 1.6 (2) | 1.0 (1) | N/A | N/A | ||
| Aunt/Uncle | 4.8 (6) | 10.7 (11) | 11.2 (14) | 9.7 (10) | 25.6 (32) | 22.3 (23) |
| Friend | 36.0 (45) | 35.9 (37) | 48.8 (61) | 52.4 (54) | N/A | |
| Priest/pastor | 0.8 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 7.2 (9) | 8 (7.8) | N/A | |
| Teacher | 3.2 (4) | 9.7* (10) | 40.8 (51) | 40.8 (42) | N/A | |
| Doctor or nurse | 8.0 (10) | 3.9 (4) | 20.0 (25) | 18.4 (19) | N/A | |
| Household helper or maid | 0.0 (0) | 1.0 (1) | 2.4 (3) | 8 (7.8) | N/A | |
| Someone else | 3.2 (4) | 1.0 (1) | 7.2 (9) | 6.8 (7) | N/A | |
| Nobody | 0.8 (1) | 1.9 (2) | 0.8 (1) | 0.0 (0) | N/A | |
| Other adult | N/A | 10.4 (13) | 9 (8.7) | 12.0 (15) | 16.5 (17) | |
| School | N/A | 53.6 (67) | 55.3 (57) | 67.2 (84) | 56.3 (58) | |
| Media | N/A | 58.4 (73) | 64.1 (66) | N/A | ||
| Initiation schoolb | N/A | 2.4 (3) | 2 (1.9) | 12.0 (15) | 5.8 (6) | |
a
Participants could select more than one option.
b
A traditional village program for initiating teenage girls and boys into adulthood, including providing information about sexuality and performing male circumcision. N/A = not a response choice option for that question.
*
p < .05.