Table 5.
Associations between demographic factors and parental sexuality knowledge, attitudes, and educative practices (N = 19,745).
| Variables | Categories | Sexuality knowledge (0–5) | Sexuality attitudes (0–3) | Educative practices (0–7) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | ||
| Living region | Beijing | 3.05 (1.54) | 7.35*** | 2.67 (0.80) | 16.46** | 3.49 (2.30) | 10.43*** |
| Tianjin | 3.10 (1.57) | 2.62 (0.87) | 3.47 (2.32) | ||||
| Hebei | 2.99 (1.54) | 2.58 (0.90) | 3.33 (2.23) | ||||
| Gender | Mothers | 3.04 (1.54) | 5.20* | 2.63 (0.84) | 40.64*** | 3.36 (2.23) | 17.98*** |
| Fathers | 2.98 (1.54) | 2.54 (0.95) | 3.52 (2.38) | ||||
| Mothers' educational level | Junior high school or less | 2.64 (1.63) | 171.10*** | 2.46 (1.02) | 96.26*** | 2.91 (2.20) | 179.78*** |
| Senior high school | 2.98 (1.54) | 2.57 (0.91) | 3.22 (2.21) | ||||
| College degree | 3.09 (1.48) | 2.67 (0.80) | 3.49 (2.25) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or above | 3.34 (1.44) | 2.74 (0.69) | 3.93 (2.28) | ||||
| Fathers' educational level | Junior high school or less | 2.63 (1.63) | 162.13*** | 2.50 (0.99) | 64.85*** | 2.93 (2.19) | 169.09*** |
| Senior high school | 3.00 (1.54) | 2.56 (0.93) | 3.22 (2.24) | ||||
| College degree | 3.11 (1.48) | 2.67 (0.79) | 3.52 (2.25) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or above | 3.33 (1.54) | 2.72 (0.72) | 3.92 (2.27) | ||||
| Only-one child | Yes | 3.11 (1.51) | 53.82*** | 2.66 (0.81) | 52.43*** | 3.56 (2.27) | 94.25*** |
| No | 2.95 (1.56) | 2.57 (0.92) | 3.25 (2.25) | ||||
| Child gender | Girls | 3.11 (1.53) | 64.81*** | 2.65 (0.82) | 34.35*** | 3.42 (2.24) | 3.03 |
| Boys | 2.94 (1.55) | 2.58 (0.91) | 3.37 (2.29) | ||||
| Child grade | Grade 1 | 2.86 (1.48) | 19.08*** | 2.58 (0.92) | 1.32 | 3.32 (2.26) | 3.29** |
| Grade 2 | 3.01 (1.54) | 2.62 (0.88) | 3.45 (2.25) | ||||
| Grade 3 | 2.95 (1.55) | 2.61 (0.87) | 3.32 (2.24) | ||||
| Grade 4 | 3.05 (1.56) | 2.62 (0.85) | 3.37 (2.27) | ||||
| Grade 5 | 3.15 (1.54) | 2.62 (0.84) | 3.46 (2.28) | ||||
| Grade 6 | 3.16 (1.56) | 2.61 (0.87) | 3.48 (2.30) | ||||
| Received sexuality education | Yes | 4.21 (1.27) | 859.80*** | 2.84 (0.55) | 100.02*** | 5.11 (2.05) | 833.45*** |
| as a child at home | No | 2.94 (1.52) | 2.60 (0.88) | 3.27 (2.23) | |||
| Received sexuality education | Yes | 3.87 (1.39) | 711.36*** | 2.79 (0.63) | 100.40*** | 4.59 (2.20) | 656.54*** |
| as a child at school | No | 2.92 (1.53) | 2.59 (0.89) | 3.26 (2.23) | |||
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.