Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Status of Street Children in Addis Ababa

Table 9

Distribution of street children by their sexual health information status in Addis Ababa, January, 2011.

Variables	Male		Female		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Had information about HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancy (𝑛=422)
Yes	134	42.7	57	52.8	191	45.3
No	180	57.3	51	47.2	231	54.7
Sources of information (𝑛=191)
Mass media	37	27.6	18	31.6	55	28.8
Friends	28	20.9	9	15.8	37	19.4
School	17	12.7	4	7.0	21	11.0
Health workers	16	11.9	16	28.1	32	16.6
Informal talk	14	10.4	3	5.3	17	8.9
Street educator	14	10.4	2	3.5	16	8.5
Training	6	4.5	2	3.5	8	4.2
Posters	2	1.5	3	5.3	5	2.6
Reasons for lacking information (𝑛=231)
No means of getting it	74	40.9	20	40.0	94	40.7
Less prioritized	63	34.8	16	32.0	79	34.2
It does not concern me	44	24.3	14	28.0	58	25.1