Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 Comparisons of the contextual factors between adolescents with and without sexual initiation (n = 253)
From: Individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation among adolescents
Contextual factors | Sexual initiation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total % (n) | Yes % (n) | No % (n) | p | |
Socioeconomic level | ||||
A | 7.0 (17) | 41.2 (7) | 58.8 (10) | 0.35 |
B1 | 21.7 (53) | 22.6 (12) | 77.4 (41) | |
B2 | 31.1 (76) | 31.6 (24) | 68.4 (52) | |
C1 | 27.0 (66) | 39.4 (26) | 60.6 (40) | |
C2 | 10.7 (26) | 26.9 (7) | 73.1 (19) | |
D | 2.5 (6) | 50 (3) | 50 (3) | |
Mother’s education | ||||
Incomplete elementary | 16.7 (42) | 48.7 (20) | 53.6 (22) | 0.13 |
Complete elementary | 12.2 (30) | 36.7 (11) | 63.3 (19) | |
Incomplete high school | 9.0 (22) | 36.4 (8) | 63.6 (14) | |
Complete high school | 20.0 (49) | 26.5 (13) | 73.5 (36) | |
Incomplete higher education | 9.0 (22) | 31.8 (7) | 68.2 (15) | |
Complete higher education | 32.7 (80) | 23.8 (19) | 76.3 (61) | |
Father’s education | ||||
Incomplete elementary | 19.3 (47) | 38.2 (18) | 61.7 (29) | 0.17 |
Complete elementary | 12.4 (29) | 37.9 (11) | 62.1 (18) | |
Incomplete high school | 4.3 (10) | 50 (5) | 50 (5) | |
Complete high school | 23.6 (55) | 21.8 (12) | 78.2 (43) | |
Incomplete higher education | 8.6 (20) | 40 (8) | 60 (12) | |
Complete higher education | 30.9 (72) | 25 (18) | 75 (54) | |
Family configuration | ||||
Nuclear | 38.5 (97) | 19.6 (19) | 80.4 (78) | 0.01* |
Extended | 22.2 (56) | 41.1 (23) | 58.9 (33) | |
Single parent | 20.2 (51) | 39.2 (20) | 60.8 (31) | |
Remarried | 19 (48) | 37.5 (18) | 62.5 (30) | |
Affective-consistent | ||||
Low | 26.3 (66) | 39.4 (26) | 60.6 (40) | 0.15*** |
Medium low | 21.1 (53) | 28.3 (15) | 71.7 (38) | |
Medium high | 29.5 (74) | 29.7 (22) | 70.3 (52) | |
High | 23.1 (58) | 29.3 (17) | 70.7 (41) | |
Adaptation | ||||
Low | 30.3 (76) | 39.5 (30) | 60.5 (46) | 0.07*** |
Medium low | 27.9 (70) | 35.7 (25) | 64.3 (45) | |
Medium high | 23.5 (59) | 28.8 (17) | 71.2 (42) | |
High | 18.3 (46) | 17.4 (8) | 82.6 (38) | |
Autonomy | ||||
Low | 42.2 (106) | 22.6 (24) | 74.7 (82) | 0.00*** |
Medium low | 36.7 (92) | 32.6 (30) | 67.4 (62) | |
Medium high | 17.1 (43) | 41.9 (18) | 58.1 (25) | |
High | 4 (10) | 80 (8) | 20 (2) | |
Total family support | ||||
Low | 36.7 (92) | 33.7 (31) | 66.3 (61) | 0.45 |
Medium low | 24.7 (62) | 30.6 (19) | 69.4 (43) | |
Medium high | 24.7 (62) | 33.9 (21) | 66.1 (41) | |
High | 13.9 (35) | 25.7 (9) | 74.3 (26) | |
Access to information about sexuality in school | ||||
No | 24.5 (62) | 33.8 (21) | 66.2 (41) | 0.66 |
Yes | 75.5 (191) | 30.8 (59) | 69.2 (132) | |
Access to information about sexuality in the family | ||||
No | 24.5 (62) | 20.9 (13) | 79.1 (49) | 0.09 |
Yes | 75.5 (191) | 35.0 (67) | 65.0 (123) | |