Exploring issues in caregivers and parent communication of sexual and reproductive health matters with adolescents in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

Table 3 Relationship between demographic characteristics of adolescents and communication of sex-related matters

Demographic characteristics	Ever discussed sex-related matters with anyone		Discussed sex-related matters with parent (mother)		Discussed sex-related matters with friends or peers
Demographic characteristics	N	n (%)	N	n (%)	N	n (%)
Residence
Urban	551	255 (46.2)	255	28 (11.0)	255	200 (78.7)
Rural	494	245 (49.6)	245	19 (7.8)	245	188 (76.7)
χ² (p value	1.18 (0.28)		1.58 (0.21)		0.27 (0.59)
Gender
Female	598	296 (49.5)	296	34 (11.5)	296	221 (74.6)
Male	447	204 (45.8)	204	13 (6.2)	204	167 (82.2)
χ² (p value	1.41 (0.24)		3.93 (0.05)		4.03 (0.04)*
Schooling
In-school	966	453 (46.9)	453	41 (9)	453	348 (76.9)
Out-of-school	79	47 (59.3)	47	6 (12.8)	47	40 (85.2)
χ² (p value	4.55 (0.03)*		0.73 (0.40)		1.72 (0.19)
Wealth index
Q1	224	107 (47.7)	107	47 (4.6)	107	82 (76.4)
Q2	211	106 (50.4)	106	3 (2.9)	106	80 (75.4)
Q3	214	109 (50.8)	109	12 (11.1)	109	83 (76.4)
Q4	198	96 (48.6)	96	16 (16.7)	96	77 (80.2)
Q5	197	81 (41.2)	81	11 (13.6)	81	65 (80.7)
χ² (p value	4.78 (0.31)		16.38 (0.003)*		1.28 (0.86)

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