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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of participants

From: Fostering accurate HIV/AIDS knowledge among unmarried youths in Cameroon: Do family environment and peers matter?

Variables

% or Mean ± SD (Sample size: N= 2 028)

Individual factors

 

Gender Male

45.9

Age (in years) [range 12 - 29]

16.5 ± 4.2

Education (in years completed) [Range 0 - 24]

8.1 ± 2.9

Sexually experienced (% yes)

32.0

Migratory status (% migrant)

48.5

Religion

 

   Catholics

68.1

   Protestants

26.3

   Other

5.6

Family environment

 

Family structure

 

   Two-parent

48.7

   Father-only

5.0

   Mother-only

17.2

   Brother/Sister

9.5

   Uncle/Aunts

5.6

   Grandparents

14.0

HWI (40% poorest)

29.9

Parent/guardian-child communication [Range 0 - 10]

1.566 ± 2.019

Education of parent/guardian

 

   None

30.3

   Primary

40.2

   Secondary & +

29.5

Peer influences

 

   Peer-to-peer communication [Range 0 - 10]

2.142 ± 2.259

Community characteristics

 

CDI (40% poorest)

25.0

Urban Residence

17.4

  1. Source: CFHS (2002)