Table 3 Parent and young people reports of discussion of specific sexual topics and the level of agreement in both reporters
Sexual topic | Parent report | Young people report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discussion with child N = 781-790* | Mother discussion N = 780-783* | Father discussion N = 690-696* | |||
n (%) | n (%) | Kappa‡ | n (%) | Kappa‡ | |
Biological/developmental | |||||
Physical development | 436 (55.5) | 396 (50.6) | 0.53 | 126 (18.2) | 0.24 |
Menstruation/wet dream | 260 (63.3) | 298 (38.4) | 0.51 | 43 (6.2) | 0.02 |
Puberty | 443 (56.3) | 413 (52.8) | 0.53 | 123 (17.7) | 0.23 |
Reproduction/having babies | 51 (6.5) | 48 (5.8) | 0.42 | 3 (0.4) | −0.01 |
Masturbation | 18 (2.5) | 15 (1.9) | 0.04 | 7 (1.0) | 0.25 |
Sexual risk prevention or safety | |||||
Prevention of STDs | 445 (56.3) | 380 (48.7) | 0.53 | 194 (27.9) | 0.33 |
Prevention of HIV/AIDS | 485 (61.5) | 421 (53.8) | 0.54 | 228 (32.8) | 0.32 |
Abstaining from sex until marriage | 581 (73.6) | 544 (69.5) | 0.60 | 320 (46.0) | 0.34 |
Use of condoms | 73 (9.3) | 68 (8.7) | 0.45 | 35 (5.1) | 0.29 |
Contraceptives | 41 (5.2) | 39 (5.0) | 0.45 | 7 (1.0) | 0.22 |
Pregnancy | 66 (8.4) | 82 (10.5) | 0.36 | 14 (2.0) | 0.09 |
Abortion | 168 (21.3) | 167 (21.3) | 0.62 | 72 (10.2) | 0.41 |
Consequences of premarital sex | 380 (48.3) | 357 (45.6) | 0.69 | 213 (30.6) | 0.48 |
Substance use | 315 (39.9) | 302 (38.6) | 0.63 | 199 (28.6) | 0.56 |
Experiencing sex | |||||
Sexual feelings | 51 (6.5) | 35 (4.5) | 0.26 | 9 (1.3) | 0.10 |
When to start sexual intercourse | 150 (19.0) | 127 (16.2) | 0.60 | 61 (8.8) | 0.37 |
Choosing sexual partners | 90 (11.4) | 77 (9.8) | 0.56 | 27 (3.7) | 0.43 |
How to handle sexual pressure | 59 (7.2) | 48 (6.1) | 0.41 | 9 (1.3) | 0.22 |
Safer sex | 62 (7.9) | 54 (6.9) | 0.52 | 14 (2.0) | 0.26 |
Homosexuality | 42 (5.2) | 37 (4.7) | 0.56 | 29 (4.2) | 0.47 |