Characteristics | Awareness | Importance | Access to information | Free to exercise | Perception | |||||||
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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) | 43.6 | 0.21 | 71.8 | 0.13 | 46.2 | 0.84 | 53.8 | 0.17 | 46.2 | 53.8 | 0.42 |
16 years | 54 (18.0) | 63.0 | 70.4 | 57.4 | 31.5 | 44.4 | 55.6 | |||||
17 years | 42 (14.0) | 50.0 | 59.5 | 52.4 | 45.2 | 38.1 | 61.9 | |||||
18 years | 104 (34.7) | 52.9 | 77.9 | 52.9 | 35.6 | 47.1 | 52.9 | |||||
19 years | 61 (20.3) | 42.6 | 62.3 | 49.2 | 36.1 | 32.8 | 67.2 | |||||
Adolescents’ education status | ||||||||||||
Uneducated | 20 (6.7) | 60.0 | 0.24 | 90.0 | 0.14 | 50.0 | 0.93 | 45.0 | <0.01 | 55.0 | 45.0 | 0.42 |
Primary/Madrassa | 17 (5.7) | 47.1 | 82.4 | 52.9 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 58.8 | |||||
Middle | 45 (15.0) | 37.8 | 64.4 | 53.3 | 60.0 | 51.1 | 48.9 | |||||
Secondary/Matric | 98 (32.7) | 58.2 | 73.5 | 49.0 | 35.7 | 41.8 | 58.2 | |||||
Intermediate | 81 (27.0) | 51.9 | 64.2 | 56.8 | 28.4 | 40.7 | 59.3 | |||||
Graduate | 39 (13.0) | 43.6 | 64.1 | 48.7 | 38.5 | 30.8 | 69.2 | |||||
Earning member of family | ||||||||||||
Yes | 32 (10.7) | 56.3 | 0.53 | 87.5 | <0.01 | 53.1 | 0.89 | 50.0 | 0.16 | 56.3 | 43.8 | 0.09 |
No | 268 (89.3) | 50.4 | 67.9 | 51.9 | 37.3 | 40.7 | 59.3 | |||||
Parental education | ||||||||||||
Uneducated | 74 (2 4.7) | 47.3 | 0.46 | 59.5 | <0.01 | 39.2 | <0.01 | 27.0 | <0.01 | 29.7 | 70.3 | <0.01 |
Educated | 226 (75.3) | 52.2 | 73.5 | 56.2 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 53.5 | |||||
Family structure | ||||||||||||
Joint family | 166 (55.3) | 50.0 | 0.70 | 68.1 | 0.41 | 53.0 | 0.69 | 42.8 | 0.10 | 44.6 | 55.4 | 0.38 |
Nuclear family | 134 (44.7) | 52.2 | 72.4 | 50.7 | 33.6 | 39.6 | 60.4 | |||||
Number of siblings | ||||||||||||
1–2 | 58 (19.3) | 44.8 | 0.45 | 65.5 | 0.35 | 48.3 | 0.06 | 31.0 | 0.38 | 34.5 | 65.5 | 0.38 |
3–4 | 132 (44.0) | 54.5 | 74.2 | 46.2 | 39.4 | 43.2 | 56.8 | |||||
5 and above | 110 (36.7) | 50.0 | 67.3 | 60.9 | 41.8 | 45.5 | 54.5 | |||||
Household wealth status | ||||||||||||
Rich | 67 (22.5) | 62.7 | 0.09 | 68.7 | 0.17 | 61.2 | 0.13 | 37.3 | 0.78 | 58.2 | 41.8 | <0.01 |
Middle | 199 (66.8) | 48.7 | 72.4 | 48.2 | 40.2 | 38.7 | 61.3 | |||||
Poor | 32 (10.7) | 43.8 | 56.3 | 59.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 65.6 |