Table 3 Premarital sexual experience by selected background characteristics
From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Premarital Sexual Behavior among male college students of Kathmandu, Nepal
Premarital sex | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | % | Number | |
Age group | ||||
15–19 | 34.6 | 65.4 | 100.0 | 205 |
20 and above | 41.6 | 58.4 | 100.0 | 368 |
Level of education | ||||
Intermediate | 35.2 | 64.8 | 100.0 | 159 |
Undergraduate | 39.8 | 60.2 | 100.0 | 309 |
Graduate degree | 42.9 | 57.1 | 100.0 | 105 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 32.8 | 67.2 | 100.0 | 67 |
Unmarried | 39.9 | 60.1 | 100.0 | 506 |
District | ||||
Outside Kathmandu valley | 39.8 | 60.2 | 100.0 | 520 |
Kathmandu valley | 32.1 | 67.9 | 100.0 | 53 |
Living arrangement | ||||
With family | 36.6 | 63.4 | 100.0 | 232 |
Alone | 43.4 | 56.6 | 100.0 | 106 |
With friends | 39.6 | 60.4 | 100.0 | 235 |
Attitude towards female virginity*** | ||||
Conservative | 33.4 | 66.6 | 100.0 | 305 |
Liberal | 45.5 | 54.5 | 100.0 | 268 |
Attitude towards male virginity*** | ||||
Conservative | 30.0 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 290 |
Liberal | 48.4 | 51.6 | 100.0 | 283 |
Family structure | ||||
Joint family | 39.6 | 60.4 | 100.0 | 139 |
Nuclear family | 38.9 | 61.1 | 100.0 | 434 |
Religion* | ||||
Non-Hindu | 20.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 35 |
Hindu | 40.3 | 59.7 | 100.0 | 538 |
Has a friend who has experienced premarital sex*** | ||||
No | 14.9 | 85.1 | 100.0 | 268 |
Yes | 60.3 | 39.7 | 100.0 | 305 |
Total | 39.1 | 60.9 | 100.0 | 573 |