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Table 2 Response to psychosocial variables

From: Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents

Psychosocial variables

Yes

No

Don’t know

Girls’ measures

 Girl’s connectedness

3308 (76%)

918 (21%)

115 (3%)

 Girl-reported fear-based communication

2095 (48%)

2104 (49%)

142 (3%)

 Girl’s perceived parental comfort

1958 (45%)

2306 (53%)

76 (2%)

 Girl perceives parent as objecting to contraception education

2160 (50%)

2059 (47%)

122 (3%)

Parents’ measures

 Parent’s comfort

2866 (76%)

906 (24%)

15 (0.4%)

 Parent’s daughter ready for SRH education

2153 (57%)

1498 (39%)

138 (4%)

 Parent’s perception of contraceptive harm

2235 (59%)

1446 (38%)

101 (3%)