Table 1 Selected characteristics of 259 Barbadian females aged 15 to 19, stratified by sexual history (never had sex, had sex but not inter-generational sex, had inter-generational sex)
Never had sex N = 127 | Had sex but not inter-generational sex N = 86 | Had inter-generational sex N = 46 | Total N = 256 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n (percent) | n (percent) | n (percent) | n (percent) |
Age (n = 256) | ||||
15 | 39 (30.7) | 9 (10.8) | 8 (17.4) | 56 (21.9) |
16 | 38 (29.9) | 9 (10.8) | 3 (6.5) | 50 (19.5) |
17 | 23 (18.1) | 27 (32.5) | 5 (10.9) | 55 (21.5) |
18 | 20 (15.8) | 18 (21.7) | 12 (26.1) | 50 (19.5) |
19 | 7 (5.5) | 20 (24.1) | 18 (39.1) | 45 (17.6) |
Enough money to cover necessities (n = 251) | ||||
Strongly agree | 12 (9.8) | 6 (7.3) | 0 (-) | 18 (7.2) |
Agree | 60 (48.8) | 47 (57.3) | 27 (58.7) | 134 (53.4) |
Disagree | 39 (31.7) | 23 (28.1) | 17 (37.0) | 79 (31.5) |
Strongly disagree | 12 (9.8) | 6 (7.3) | 2 (4.3) | 20 (8.0) |
Enough money to cover luxuries (n = 245) | ||||
Strongly agree | 7 (5.8) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (2.3) | 9 (3.7) |
Agree | 35 (29.2) | 22 (27.2) | 13 (29.6) | 70 (28.6) |
Disagree | 61 (50.8) | 48 (59.3) | 27 (61.4) | 136 (55.5) |
Strongly disagree | 17 (14.2) | 10 (12.4) | 3 (6.8) | 30 (12.2) |
Do you attend religious services (n = 240) | ||||
Never | 31 (25.8) | 39 (47.6) | 22 (57.9) | 92 (38.3) |
Less than monthly | 6 (5.0) | 12 (14.6) | 6 (15.8) | 24 (10.0) |
Monthly | 11 (9.2) | 11 (13.4) | 3 (7.9) | 25 (10.4) |
Weekly | 41 (34.2) | 14 (17.1) | 4 (10.5) | 59 (24.6) |
More than weekly | 31 (25.8) | 6 (7.3) | 5 (7.9) | 40 (16.7) |