Unmarried Sri Lankan youth: sexual behaviour and contraceptive use

Table 1 Association of Demographic characteristics with ever engaged in sexual intercourse among unmarried youth

Variable	Ever engaged in sexual intercourse						Test statistics	Sig.
	Yes		No		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Age group
20-24 years	100	18.4	442	81.6	542	100.0	χ² = 0.84	0.359
15-19 years	84	16.3	431	83.7	515	100.0	χ² = 0.84	0.359
Age in years	19.95 (2.34)		19.52 (2.33)		19.59 (2.33)		t = 2.26	0.024*
Sex
Female	66	11.3	519	88.7	585	100.0	χ² = 34.19	< 0.01**
Male	118	25.0	354	75.0	472	100.0	χ² = 34.19	< 0.01**
Mother’s age
< 40 years	31	16.8	154	83.2	185	100.0	χ² = 7.46	0.059
40-49 years	80	14.9	457	85.1	537	100.0
50-59 years	64	21.3	237	78.7	301	100.0
60+ years	9	26.5	25	73.5	34	100.0
Mother’s age	47.21 (7.42)		45.80 (6.74)		46.05 (6.88)		t = 2.52	0.012*
Having siblings
None	4	8.3	44	91.7	48	100.0	χ² = 2.88	0.090
One or more	180	17.8	829	82.2	1009	100.0	χ² = 2.88	0.090
Total	184	17.4	873	82.6	1057	100.0

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