Parental Characteristics and Female Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Addis Ababa: The Case of Bole and Medhanialem high Schools
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study tried to examine how parental attributes influence female
a dolescents' sexual activity. The data was collected from female
students in the age group 14-19 years of Bole and Medhanialem high
schools in Addis Ababa using cross sectional study. A total sample
size was 800 students selected by employing multistage random
cluster sampling method. The data was entered and a nalyzed using
SPSS. Descriptive statistic used to describe the respondents' and their
pa rents' characteristics. Binary logistic regression model was used to
establish relationship between the female adolescents' sexual behavior
and their parents' characteristics.
The study revealed that 12.6 % of the students have reported to start
sexual intercourse. Age at first sex reported 55.4% started at middle
adolescence (l4-15) and the rest 44.6% at late adolescence (16-19).
Around 3 1 % of sexually active girls had multi-sexual partners.
Greater proportion of the students (76.2%) had involved into sexual
intercourse willingly. Among the respondents 727 (90.9%) have better
while 73(9.1 %) poor knowledge pertaining to HIV / AIDS. Although,
74.0% of the students have sufficient knowledge about contraceptive
methods, 62.5% of the sexually active students did not use
contraceptive during their first sexual intercourse.
The finding of multivariate analysis point out parental religiosity,
mothers' education, parental income and parent adolescent
communication about sexual issues have significant influence on
a dolescents' sexual behavior.
It is concluded that high school students are involving in to risky
sexual activities. As they are in the age to be under parent's
guidance, parents have the responsibility to instruct their children
sexual beh avior. Hence it is important to design programs that will
empower parents with the skills to shape their children's
reproductive health matters would be promoted in the study area.
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Female Adolescents Sexual Behavior