Influence of Sex Education on the Sexual Behaviour of Adolescents
Table 14.
HIV/AIDS Education an Impact on Sexual Behaviour of adolescents
| Statements/Characteristics Of HIV/AIDS Education | Effect Of Hiv/Aids Education On In-School Adolescents’ Sexuality/Sexual Behaviour (% of Students) | | | SA | A | NS | DA | SD | | HIV/AIDS education taught me ways to protect myself from contracting HIV. | 58.6 | 32.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | | I have learnt from HIV/AIDS education that engaging in unprotected sex can make me contract diseases. | 68.3 | 22.8 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 3.7 | | HIV/AIDS education has taught me about abstinence. | 58.3 | 33.8 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | | HIV/AIDS education has taught me safer sexual behaviours. | 45.9 | 31.1 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 8.6 | | HIV/AIDS education has taught me to always ask my sexual partner to be faithful. | 39.2 | 28.3 | 15.8 | 5.8 | 10.8 | | I started to use condom after attending HIV/AIDS education programme. | 19.6 | 12.9 | 19.2 | 13.4 | 34.8 | | I went for a HIV test after attending HIV/AIDS education programme. | 17.5 | 17.5 | 23.5 | 17.9 | 23.5 | | HIV/AIDS education activities do not provide awareness about the connection between drugs, relationship and sexuality issues. | 13.5 | 9.4 | 22.0 | 15.9 | 39.2 | | I feel more comfortable to talk about sex and relationships to teachers than my peers. | 20.5 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 23.4 | 35.2 | | I feel more comfortable to talk about sex and relationships to teachers than my family members. | 15.5 | 17.6 | 13.1 | 17.6 | 36.3 | | HIV/AIDS education provided me with information about sex and HIV/AIDS to answer my questions. | 52.7 | 30.0 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | | HIV/AIDS education has reached its goal of reducing high -risk sexual behaviours on campus. | 46.0 | 27.6 | 12.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | | HIV/AIDS educators do not share reproductive health information with their friends/peers. | 19.1 | 11.9 | 16.9 | 18.2 | 33.9 | | I would not be so much aware of risky behaviours had it not been for HIV/AIDS education programme on campus. | 37.3 | 22.3 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 15.0 | | I will keep on attending HIV/AIDS education activities because they empower me with sexual limit-setting skills. | 39.9 | 29.6 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 11.2 | | As a young person, I cannot do without being part of HIV/AIDS education if I want to live a healthy lifestyle. | 45.5 | 30.3 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 6.9 | | I do not use condoms even though I have been in a HIV/AIDS education programme. | 22.9 | 10.3 | 21.5 | 9.8 | 35.5 | Source: Field Data
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Source: Field Data |