Table 3 Relationship between socio-demographic status and adolescents’ perception about ASRHR (N = 300)
Characteristics | Awareness | Importance | Access to information | Free to exercise | Perception | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | High | p-value* | Yes | p-value* | Yes | p-value* | Yes | p-value* | High | Low | p-value* | |
n (%) | (in %) | (in %) | (in %) | (in %) | (in %) | (in %) | ||||||
Adolescents’ age | ||||||||||||
15 years | 39 (13.0) | 28.2 | <0.01 | 89.7 | 0.34 | 66.7 | 0.05 | 56.4 | 0.09 | 53.8 | 46.2 | 0.31 |
16 years | 54 (18.0) | 51.9 | 94.4 | 57.4 | 40.7 | 46.3 | 53.7 | |||||
17 years | 42 (14.0) | 35.7 | 90.5 | 61.9 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 59.5 | |||||
18 years | 104 (34.7) | 58.7 | 95.2 | 57.7 | 31.7 | 48.1 | 51.9 | |||||
19 years | 61 (20.3) | 65.6 | 86.9 | 39.3 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 65.6 | |||||
Adolescents’ education status | ||||||||||||
Uneducated | 20 (6.7) | 50.0 | 0.08 | 100 | 0.23 | 55.0 | 0.91 | 45.0 | <0.01 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 0.26 |
Primary/Madrassa | 17 (5.7) | 47.1 | 100 | 58.8 | 52.9 | 52.9 | 47.1 | |||||
Middle | 45 (15.0) | 33.3 | 88.9 | 55.6 | 57.8 | 51.1 | 48.9 | |||||
Secondary/Matric | 98 (32.7) | 53.1 | 92.9 | 57.1 | 40.8 | 44.9 | 55.1 | |||||
Intermediate | 81 (27.0) | 61.7 | 92.6 | 50.6 | 23.5 | 42.0 | 58.0 | |||||
Graduate | 39 (13.0) | 51.3 | 84.6 | 61.5 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 69.2 | |||||
Earning member of family | ||||||||||||
Yes | 32 (10.7) | 50.0 | 0.84 | 100 | 0.07 | 50.0 | 0.49 | 56.3 | <0.02 | 56.3 | 43.8 | 0.16 |
No | 268 (89.3) | 51.9 | 91.0 | 56.3 | 36.2 | 43.3 | 56.7 | |||||
Parental education | ||||||||||||
Uneducated | 74 (2 4.7) | 39.2 | <0.01 | 79.7 | <0.01 | 47.3 | 0.09 | 37.8 | 0.92 | 31.1 | 68.9 | <0.01 |
Educated | 226 (75.3) | 55.8 | 96.0 | 58.4 | 38.5 | 49.1 | 50.9 | |||||
Family structure | ||||||||||||
Joint family | 166 (55.3) | 51.2 | 0.85 | 89.8 | 0.11 | 56.6 | 0.71 | 42.8 | 0.07 | 47.6 | 52.4 | 0.25 |
Nuclear family | 134 (44.7) | 52.2 | 94.8 | 54.5 | 32.8 | 41.0 | 59.0 | |||||
Number of siblings | ||||||||||||
1–2 | 58 (19.3) | 34.5 | <0.01 | 91.4 | 0.94 | 51.7 | 0.79 | 37.9 | 0.94 | 37.9 | 62.1 | 0.49 |
3–4 | 132 (44.0) | 49.2 | 91.7 | 56.8 | 39.4 | 45.5 | 54.5 | |||||
5 and above | 110 (36.7) | 63.6 | 92.7 | 56.4 | 37.3 | 47.3 | 52.7 | |||||
Household wealth status | ||||||||||||
Rich | 67 (22.5) | 71.6 | <0.01 | 92.5 | 0.94 | 53.7 | 0.71 | 37.3 | 0.38 | 58.2 | 41.8 | <0.04 |
Middle | 199 (66.8) | 46.2 | 92.0 | 55.8 | 40.7 | 41.7 | 58.3 | |||||
Poor | 32 (10.7) | 46.9 | 90.6 | 62.5 | 28.1 | 37.5 | 62.5 | |||||