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Table 1 Sociodemographic variables of the participants and gender differences

From: Sexual risk among Colombian adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, normative beliefs, perceived control, intention, and sexual behavior

 

Females (n = 596)

Males (n = 504)

Total (n = 1100)

p

d

Age, M (SD)

15.87 (1.23)

16.03 (1.37)

15.94 (1.30)

.05

.12

 14

84 (14.3)

61 (12.3)

145 (13.4)

  

 15

155 (26.4)

137 (27.6)

292 (27)

  

 16

170 (29)

131 (26.4)

302 (27.8)

  

 17

120 (20.4)

91 (18.3)

211 (19.5)

  

 18

45 (7.7)

45 (9.1)

90 (8.3)

  

 19

13 (2.2)

31 (6.3)

44 (4.1)

  

Geographic area, N (%)

 Central area (Bogotá)

386 (64.9)

315 (62.5)

701 (63.8)

.40

 Coast area (Barranquilla)

209 (35.1)

189 (37.5)

398 (36.2)

  

Strata, N (%)

     

 0

2 (0.3)

0 (0)

2 (0.2)

.02

.19

 1

74 (12.6)

46 (9.2)

121 (11.1)

  

 2

231 (39.2)

178 (35.5)

409 (37.5)

  

 3

260 (44.1)

242 (48.3)

502 (46.1)

  

 4

20 (3.4)

29 (5.8)

49 (4.5)

  

 5

2 (0.3)

6 (1.2)

8 (0.7)

  

Religion, N (%)

 Christian

130 (21.9)

115 (22.9)

246 (22.4)

.01

.15

 Catholic

387 (65.3)

288 (57.4)

676 (61.6)

  

 Buddhist

2 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

  

 Islamic

0 (0)

4 (0.8)

4 (0.4)

  

 None

58 (9.8)

75 (14.9)

133 (12.1)

  

 Other

16 (2.7)

19 (3.8)

35 (3.2)

  

Attendance at religious events, N (%)

 

 Daily

19 (3.2)

18 (3.6)

37 (3.4)

.01

.16

 At least once a week

160 (26.9)

107 (21.2)

267 (24.3)

  

 At least once every two weeks

51 (8.6)

41 (8.1)

92 (8.4)

  

 At least once every three weeks

39 (6.6)

21 (4.2)

60 (5.5)

  

 At least once a month

129 (21.7)

122 (24.2)

252 (22.9)

  

 At least once a year

128 (21.5)

104 (20.6)

233 (21.2)

  

 Never

68 (11.7)

91 (18.1)

159 (14.5)

  

Family situation, N (%)

 Married parents

290 (48.9)

254 (50.8)

544 (49.8)

.32

 Divorced parents

183 (30.9)

166 (33.2)

350 (31.9)

  

 Parents who live together

75 (12.6)

55 (11)

130 (11.9)

  

 Single father or mother

36 (6.1)

18 (3.6)

54 (4.9)

  

 Orphan of one parent or both

9 (1.5)

7 (1.4)

16 (1.5)

  

Number of children, M (SD)

.01 (.10)

.05 (.30)

0.3 (0.22)

.01

.17

  1. M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, p p-value, d Cohen’s d