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    Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior among School Adolescents: A Case Study of Bahir Dar Special Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2005-06) Teshager, Sileshi; Rao, Narasimha(PhD)
    This study is based on the cross sectional survey in Bahir Dar on unmarried school adolescent aged 15-19 years in April 2005. The study utilized both quantitative and qualitative (Focus Group Discussion) method. A total of 528 randomly s elected school adolescent involved in the study. The objective of the study was to identify those factors that lead adolescent toward risky sexual behavior. The study found that 34.7 percent of adolescents have already experienced sex. The mean age of sexual debut was 15.9 years (median 16 years). The majority of adolescents did not use condom during their first sexual encounter (39.2 percent). Among those who are sexually experienced 49.1 percent of them practiced multiple sexual encounters. Only 21.4 percent of adolescents used condom consistently from those who used the method at last sex (38.3 percent). Age, peer behavior, mother's level of education and communication with parents were associated with s€xual experience; while communication with sexual partner is a predictor of condom use at last sex. On the basis of the above findings, some recommendations were forwarded in order to address adolescent's sexually related problems. Giving sex education at school (primary level), advocating condom use consistently, providing adolescent friendly reproductive health service are among the most important suggestions