Table 3.
Major reasons of respondents for not discussing SRH issues in the last 6 months with their parents, in Woreta town Secondary school, June 2019.
| SRH issues | Not Discussed | Respondents' reasons for not discussing sexual and reproductive health issues with their parents |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∗Shame | ∗Culturally unacceptable | ∗Parents lack of knowledge | ∗Parents lack of communication skill | ∗Fear of parents | ||
| Pubertal stage | 192 (53.3) | 94 (26.1) | 41 (11.4) | 37 (10.3) | 34 (9.4) | 40 (11.1) |
| Premarital sex | 243 (67.5) | 109 (30.5) | 58 (16.1) | 41 (11.4) | 40 (11.1) | 67 (18.6) |
| Contraceptive | 204 (56.7) | 81 (22.5) | 47 (13.1) | 50 (13.9) | 38 (10.6) | 53 (14.7) |
| STI/HIV/AIDS | 158 (43.9) | 55 (15.3) | 33 (9.2) | 41 (11.4) | 48 (13.3) | 24 (6.7) |
| Unwanted pregnancy | 183 (50.8) | 75 (20.8) | 50 (13.9) | 39 (10.8) | 41 (11.4) | 53 (11.7) |
| Condom | 269 (74.7) | 126 (35.0) | 65 (18.1) | 59 (16.4) | 48 (13.3) | 68 (18.9) |
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Multiple responses were possible.