The Influence of Parental Socio-Economic Status on The Sexual Behaviour of Adolescent Girls in The Fiapre Community in The Sunyani West District, Ghana
Keywords:
socio-economic status, sexual behaviour, adolescentsAbstract
The study was conducted to investigate the effects of family socio-economic status on sexual behaviour among adolescent girls in Fiapre Community in the Sunyani West District. The study focused on the influence of parental education on female adolescent sexual behaviour. The study employed a survey design. Stratified and simple random were used with a sample size of 100. Structured questionnaire comprising of open and close-ended questions was designed for the study. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and Microsoft Excel (2010) were used to process the data. The study found that mothers’ employment status has strong association with adolescents who have engaged in sex before (p = 0.001). Fathers’ employment status was also significantly associated with engagement of sexual intercourse by female adolescents (p<0.018) in Fiapre. The study’s results also revealed that the educational level of the father had a weak (p = 0.042) association with female adolescent engagement in sexual intercourse whereas the association between maternal education and female adolescent engagement in sexual intercourse was insignificant (p = 0.186). The study recommends that educated parents should educate their children and also encourage them to attend adolescent corners in the various health centres within the community for counselling regarding their sex life.
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