Parental Characteristics and Youth's Sexual Behavior in Bahir Dar Town, Northwestern Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Belete, Habtamu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Necho, Ambanesh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-20T11:58:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:25:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-20T11:58:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:25:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The reproductive and sexual health deci sion of young people has several adverse SOCIOdemographic. economic, and health consequences. Understanding of youth sexual behavior in relation to parental characteristics is very crucial. A cross sectional survey on parental characteristics and sexual behavior of school youth was conducted in Bahir Dar town, Northwestern Ethiopia to examine the influence of parental characteristics on youth sexual behavior. Data were gathered through structured questionnaire from a total of 766 school yo uth aged 15-24 years old and further supported by qualitative data from focus group discussion and in depth interview of key informantsThe study found that 297(38.8%) of youth had sexual experience, of which 51 .5 percent were females. The mean age of sexual commencement was 16.3 ± 1.34 years old. Among those who were sexually experienced 43.4 percent of them had multiple sexual partners. Yet, only 32.7 percent of sex ually experienced youth were using condom in their last sex ual experience. Individual characteristics such as age, frequency of religious attendance and living arrangement had significant association with sexual behavior of youth. Similarly, parental characteristics such as religiosity, marital status, education level, house hold income, parentyouth communication and monitoring had showed significant association with sexual behavior of youth. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the sexual behavior of youth had been significantly con-elates with parental socio-demographic and economic characteristics.On the basis of the above findings, it is recommended that parents should take the responsibility of creating conducive atmosphere where by their youth feel free to discuss issues related to reproductive health in general and sexuality in particular. In formation, education and communication (IEC) programs and concerned organizations in the area of reproductive health issues need to spend maximum effort to tackle the cultural taboo about parent-youth discussion on sexual matters by both youth and their parents so that youth can be less sex ually experienced. At the same time policy makers and implementing agencies should deserve due attention (n implementing of integrated activities related to the challenges of youth reproductive health. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12021 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Characteristics and Youth's | en_US |
| dc.title | Parental Characteristics and Youth's Sexual Behavior in Bahir Dar Town, Northwestern Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |