Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Comparisons of the individual factors between adolescents with and without sexual initiation (N = 253)
From: Individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation among adolescents
Individual factors | Sexual initiation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total % (n) | Yes % (n) | No % (n) | p | |
Gender | ||||
Boys | 39.1 (99) | 36.4 (36) | 63.6 (63) | 0.19 |
Girls | 60.9 (154) | 28.6 (44) | 71.4 (110) | |
Schooling | ||||
6th year | 14.6 (37) | 16.2 (6) | 83.8 (31) | 0.01* |
7th year | 29.6 (75) | 26.7 (20) | 73.3 (55) | |
8th year | 27.3 (69) | 30.4 (21) | 69.6 (48) | |
9th year | 28.5 (72) | 45.8 (33) | 54.2 (39) | |
School repetition | ||||
Never repeated | 61.3 (155) | 16.1 (25) | 83.9 (130) | 0.00* |
Repeated 1 time | 22.5 (57) | 45.6 (26) | 54.4 (31) | |
Repeated 2 times | 11.1 (28) | 64.3 (18) | 35.7 (10) | |
Repeated 3 times or more | 5.1 (13) | 84.6 (11) | 15.4 (2) | |
Religion | ||||
Yes, practicing | 30.8 (78) | 29.5 (23) | 70.5 (55) | 0.88 |
Yes, not practicing | 49.0 (124) | 32.3 (40) | 67.7 (84) | |
No | 20.2 (51) | 33.3 (17) | 66.7 (34) | |
Alcoholic beverages | ||||
No | 56.6 (142) | 15.5 (22) | 84.5 (120) | 0.00* |
Yes | 43.1 (109) | 52.3 (57) | 47.7 (52) | |
Tobacco | ||||
No | 89.7 (226) | 28.3 (64) | 71.7 (162) | 0.00* |
Yes | 10.3 (26) | 61.5 (16) | 38.5 (10) | |
Illicit drugs | ||||
No | 89.7 (227) | 27.8 (63) | 72.2 (164) | 0.00* |
Yes | 10.3 (26) | 65.4 (17) | 36.6 (9) | |