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Table 2 Parental factors and sexual history of adolescents in Legehida, Northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 262)

From: Parenting perspective on the psychosocial correlates of adolescent sexual and reproductive health behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Parenting style

 Authoritarian

142

53.8

 Neglectful

20

7.7

 Permissive

32

12.4

 Authoritative

68

26.1

Parent─adolescent SRH communication

 Yes

101

38.7

 No

161

61.3

Parental monitoring

 Yes

143

54.7

 No

119

45.3

Parent─adolescent relationship quality

 Low

140

53.5

 High

122

46.5

Perception on parental SRH knowledge

 Know very well

30

11.6

 Know to some extent

164

62.6

 Poor

68

25.8

Adolescents behavioral beliefs of SRH issues

 Good

106

40.6

 Poor

156

59.4

Adolescents’ self-reported engagement in different forms of sexual risk behaviors

 Engaged in any type of individual risk behaviours

127

48.6

 Started sexual life earlier

112

42.7

 Had at least two or more sexual partners in in the past 12 months

84

32.2

 Never used condom during the most recent sexual intercourse

62

23.8

The overlap between adolescents’ sexual activities

 Sexual life earlier and multiple sexual partners

46

17.5

 Sexual life earlier and never used condom during the last sex

25

9.5

 Multiple sexual partners and never used condom during the last sex

2

0.6

 All forms

29

11.2