Research Article
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 | | | | | | | Yes | 134 | 42.7 | 57 | 52.8 | 191 | 45.3 | No | 180 | 57.3 | 51 | 47.2 | 231 | 54.7 | Sources of information | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | 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 |
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