Table 4 Means of overall communication among caretakers of adolescents (NÂ =Â 1000)
Characteristics | COMMUNICATION MEAN SCORE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n = 795) | Male (n = 205) | |||
| Â | Mean (SD) | p-value a | Mean (SD) | p- value a |
Age groups (years) | ||||
 35–39 | 9.13 (4.1) | <0.001 | 10.52 (4.7) | 0.66 |
 40–49 | 10.68 (4.9) | 11.23 (5.7) | ||
 50–59 | 11.61 (4.9) | 11.08 (4.8) | ||
 60+ | 10.26 (4.8) | 10.15 (4.6) | ||
Level of education | ||||
 No formal education | 9.38 (4.6) | 0.009 | 11.55 (5.4) | 0.25 |
 Primary education | 10.05 (4.6) | 10.76 (5.4) | ||
 Secondary and Higher education | 10.69 (4.7) | 10.12 (4.1) | ||
Relationship with adolescent | ||||
 Biological adolescent | 9.55 (4.4) | <0.001 | 9.78 (4.3) | <0.001 |
 Non biological adolescent | 7.65 (2.3) | 7.04 (2.4) | ||
 Have both biological and non biological adolescent | 13.12 (5.0) | 14.98 (4.9) | ||
Caretaker’s adolescents’ sex | ||||
 Caretakers having male adolescents only | 7.62 (2.5) | <0.001 | 8.13 (2.4) | <0.001 |
 Caretakers having female adolescents only | 7.95 (2.2) | 7.96 (2.6) | ||
 Caretakers having both male and female adolescents | 15.40 (4.4) | 15.45 (4.5) | ||