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Therefore, it was noted that the percentage of females who did not know
what reproductive health is, was comparably higher than the males. The
following table is a numerical representation of the number of participants
who responded to the question.
Table 3: Knowledge of Reproductive Health by Gender.
Gender
Male
Female
Total
Know
160
176
336
Don’t Know
217
285
502
N.A
8
12
20
Total
385
473
858
When asked if they knew what sexual health was, 39% out of the male
participants and 39% of the female participants stated that they knew what
sexual health is. 58% of the male participants and 59% of the female
participants stated that they did not know. 3% of the males and 2% of the
females did not respond to the question.
Therefore, it was noted that knowledge of sexual health between the male
and female participants were fairly equal since there was only a 1% difference
between the percentage of females who did not know about sexual health
when compared with the males. The following table is a numerical
representation of the number of participants who responded to the question.
Table 4: Knowledge of Sexual Health by Gender.
Gender
Male
Female
Total
Know
151
184
335
Don’t Know
224
278
502
N.A
10
11
21
Total
385
473
858
9.2.2 Students
199 male and 203 female students participated in the FGDs. Asked if they knew
what reproductive health was, 31% of the male students and 14% of the
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ANALYSIS OF FGDS