Adolescents’ Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters with Their Parents and Associated Factors among Secondary and Preparatory School Students in Ambo Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Reasons reported by adolescents for not discussing SRH issues with their parents among secondary and preparatory school students in Ambo Town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2019.

Types of SRH issues	Not discussed	Reasons why SRH was not discussed, parents
		Culturally unacceptable	Shame	Knowledge gap	Communication skill gap	Not listen	Difficult & embarrassing	Do not know	Others
Contraceptive	263(44.6)	48(15.4)	89(28.6)	54(17.4)	34(10.9)	31(9.9)	31(9.9)	109(35.1)	15(4.8)
STI/HIV	279(47.3)	38(10.5)	85(23.5)	66(18.2)	29(8.0)	19(5.3)	30(8.3)	135(41.9)	8(2.2)
Sexual intercourse	315(53.4)	63(17.5)	140(38.9)	52(14.4)	20(5.6)	16(4.4)	45(12.5)	119(33.1)	6(1.7)
Unwanted pregnancy	275(46.7)	57(17.5)	89(27.3)	56(17.2)	16(4.9)	14(4.3)	25(7.7)	135(40.2)	9(2.8)
No sex before marriage	168(28.5)	30(14.2)	62(29.4)	39(18.5)	12(5.7)	9(4.3)	23(10.9)	83(39.3)	5(2.4)
Condom	285(48.3)	49(14.8)	96(29.0)	52(15.7)	23(6.9)	18(5.4)	42(12.7)	127(38.4)	5(1.5)
Puberty	161(27.3)	18(8.0)	47(20.9)	33(14.7)	23(10.3)	19(8.5)	26(11.6)	97(43.3)	1(0.5)
Menstrual period	255(43.3)	41(13.9)	100(34.1)	50(17.1)	27(9.2)	23(7.8)	23(7.8)	102(34.8)	9(3.1)

Multiple responses and percentage in parenthesis.