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Table 3 Characteristics of students in intervention and comparison schools. Morelos, 2016

From: Delaying sexual onset: outcome of a comprehensive sexuality education initiative for adolescents in public schools

 

INTERVENTION GROUP

COMPARISON GROUP

 

n = 650

n = 555

a) Main social demographic characteristics

Sex

%

(IC95%)

%

(IC95%)

p valueb

  Male

50.5

(46.6 54.3)

46.8

(42.6, 51.0)

 

  Female

49.5

(45.6, 53.3)

53.2

(48.9, 57.3)

0.211

Age

  12 to 13

52.6

(48.7, 56.4)

33.3

(29.3, 37.2)

 

  14 to 15

46.3

(42.4, 50.1)

66.5

(62.5, 70.4)

 

  16 to 17

1.1

(0.2, 1.8)

0.2

< 0.001

Grade level

  Second

54.5

(50.6, 58.3)

42.9

(38.7, 47.0)

 

  Third

45.5

(41.6, 49.3)

57.1

(52.9, 61.2)

< 0.001

Type of school

  General secondary

93.2

(91.2, 95.1)

35.9

(31.8, 39.8)

 

  Technical secondary

6.8

(4.8, 8.7)

38.9

(34.8, 42.9)

 

  Telesecondary

0

25.2

(21.6, 28.8)

b) Reproductive behavior

Sexual debut

  Yes

2.0

(0.9, 3)

5.4

(3.5, 7.2)

 

  No

98.0

(96.9, 99)

94.6

(92.7, 96.4)

c < 0.001

Pregnancy prevention advicea,b

  Yes

89.4

(87, 91.7)

81.1

(77.8, 84.3)

 

  No

10.6

(8.2, 12.9)

18.9

(15.6, 22.1)

< 0.001

Pregnant women drop out of school

  Yes

84.5

(81.6, 87.2)

79.1

(75.7, 82.4)

 

  No

15.5

(12.7, 18.3)

20.9

(17.5, 24.2)

< 0.001

Use of contraceptive in first sexual relation

  Yes

63.6

(29.7, 97.5)

66.7

(48.7, 84.5)

 

  No

36.4

(2.4, 70.2)

33.3

(15.4, 51.2)

0.99

  s/d

4.0

    

Use of contraceptive in last sexual relation

  Yes

83.3

(69.1, 97.4)

53.8

(22.4, 85.2)

0.061

  No

16.7

(2.5, 30.8)

46.2

(14.7, 77.5)

 
  1. a Pregnancy prevention advice includes: pregnancy prevention, use of contraceptive methods and life project
  2. post-hoc unadjusted p values; b Cohen ji2; c Fisher exact test