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Table 1 Some characteristic of the respondents

From: The Internet as a source of reproductive health information among adolescent girls in an urban city in Nigeria

Characteristics

Total N = 1145

In-school n = 1011

Out-of-school n = 134

Chi Square statistic

Age (%)

   

67.12**

13

14.12

14.44

12.12

 

14

17.23

17.33

13.08

 

15

16.23

16.11

17.94

 

16

13.08

15.18

12.01

 

17

12.19

14.45

13.13

 

18

16.18

12.26

16.43

 

19

12.17

11.23

15.33

 

Living with (%)

   

121.12**

Parents

37.39

32.01

47.15

 

School Boarding house

12.17

15.48

5.95

 

Other Hostel

22.78

12.5

28.02

 

Others

27.66

40.01

28.88

 

Education status of parents (%)

   

109.09**

None

12.13

4.16

15.21

 

Primary

14.33

15.14

17.32

 

Secondary

30.12

21.18

35.12

 

College of education/Polytechnic

15.43

12.33

19.00

 

University

34.09

47.19

13.35

 

Occupation of parents (%)

   

12.09**

Self employed

23.17

19.19

24.13

 

Private sector

34.15

45.13

25.26

 

Public sector

42.68

35.68

50.61

 

Household appliances (%Yes)

    

Radio

79.11

81.22

76.71

68.68**

Television

78.21

79.11

76.81

78.42**

Telephone

22.18

23.48

21.10

89.16**

Car

43.67

45.27

32.12

33.58**

Computer

19.90

23.41

18.11

55.22**

Refrigerator

45.09

47.01

46.01

21.43**

  1. ** = significant at 0.05