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Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics between male and female youths

From: Gender differences in exposure to SRH information and risky sexual debut among poor Myanmar youths

 

Male

Female

 

Factor

215

229

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Age group

  

0.284

 Adolescent

118 (54.9)

113 (49.3)

 

 Young adult

97 (45.1)

116 (50.7)

 

Schooling status

  

0.101

 Student

20 (9.3)

34 (14.8)

 

 Out-of-school

195 (90.7)

195 (85.2)

 

Education level

  

0.013

 Low

129 (60)

164 (71.6)

 

 High

86 (40)

65 (28.4)

 

Occupation

  

< 0.001

 Unemployed

69 (32.1)

126 (55)

 

 Employed

146 (67.9)

103 (45)

 

Personal income per month

  

< 0.001

 ≤30,000

52 (24.2)

123 (53.7)

 

 >30,000

163 (75.8)

106 (46.3)

 

Sexual exposure

  

0.011

 Never exposed

115 (53.5)

94 (41)

 

 Ever exposed

100 (46.5)

135 (59)

 

Marital status

  

< 0.001

 Never married

150 (69.8)

100 (43.7)

 

 Ever married

65 (30.2)

129 (56.3)

 

Self-rated access to condoms/contraceptives

   

 Low

76 (35.3)

118 (51.5)

< 0.001

 High

139 (64.7)

111 (48.5)

 

Willingness to have sex at sexual debut

  

< 0.001

 Willing

92 (92.0)

100 (74.1)

 

 Unwilling

8 (8.0)

35 (25.9)

 

Media exposure to SRH

  

< 0.001

 Never

125 (58.1)

177 (77.3)

 

 Ever

90 (41.9)

52 (22.7)

 

Source of SRH information

  

0.004

 Unreliable (not health personnel)

86 (40)

61 (26.6)

 

 Reliable (health personnel)

129 (60)

168 (73.4)

 

Norm of premarital sex

  

0.013

 Positive

87 (40.5)

66 (28.8)

 

 Negative

128 (59.5)

163 (71.2)

 

Guardianship

  

0.01

 Parent

123 (57.2)

159 (69.4)

 

 Other

92 (42.8)

70 (30.6)

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