Table 3 School-based sex education, students’ attitudes toward abstinence, and intentions for safer sex
Attitudes toward abstinence a | Intentions for safer sex b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beta | SE | p-value | Beta | SE | p-value | |
School | ||||||
School 1 (reference) | ||||||
School 2 | 0.04 | 0.94 | 0.407 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.696 |
School 3 | −0.15 | 1.01 | 0.001 | −0.02 | 0.42 | 0.712 |
School 4 | 0.02 | 0.88 | 0.650 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 0.248 |
School 5 | 0.02 | 1.14 | 0.734 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.399 |
School 6 | 0.02 | 0.95 | 0.750 | 0.08 | 0.40 | 0.101 |
Age | −0.03 | 0.24 | 0.453 | −0.01 | 0.10 | 0.811 |
Gender | ||||||
Male (reference) | ||||||
Female | 0.30 | 0.58 | <0.001 | 0.20 | 0.24 | <0.001 |
Grade | ||||||
9 | ||||||
10 | −0.07 | 0.62 | 0.129 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.471 |
Living arrangements | ||||||
Both parents (reference) | ||||||
Single parent | −0.04 | 0.98 | 0.318 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.854 |
Other | −0.01 | 0.77 | 0.791 | −0.02 | 0.32 | 0.673 |
Father’s education | ||||||
Illiterate (reference) | ||||||
≤Lower secondary level | 0.06 | 0.95 | 0.375 | 0.08 | 0.40 | 0.244 |
≥Secondary level | −0.01 | 1.08 | 0.908 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.786 |
Mother’s education | ||||||
Illiterate (reference) | ||||||
≤Lower secondary level | 0.03 | 0.66 | 0.574 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.218 |
≥Secondary level | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0.934 | 0.03 | 0.46 | 0.495 |
Information on sexual heath and HIV | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.018 | 0.17 | 0.01 | <0.001 |
Support and involvement of teachers and parents | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.001 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.002 |
Teaching aids for sexual health education | −0.01 | 0.09 | 0.752 | −0.08 | 0.04 | 0.077 |
Time allocated for sexual health education | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.942 | −0.01 | 0.13 | 0.746 |
Other sources of information | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.423 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.343 |