Table 3 Sexual experience of private college female students in Dessie City administration, 2021, Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Freq | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 182 | 45.3 |
No | 219 | 54.6 | |
Age at first sexual intercourse | Less than 15 years | 16 | 8.7 |
15–18 years | 66 | 37 | |
Greater than 18 years | 100 | 54.3 | |
Age of first sexual partner (n = 182) | < 18 | 8 | 4.4 |
18–24 years | 9 | 4.9 | |
> 24 | 46 | 25.3 | |
I don’t know | 119 | 65.4 | |
Willingness at first sexual intercourse (n = 182) | Yes | 85 | 46.7 |
No | 97 | 53.3 | |
Reason for not willing in first sexual intercourse (N = 97)* | Family pressure/marital | 1 | 1.1 |
Peer pressure | 34 | 37.4 | |
Threatened | 12 | 13.2 | |
False promise | 25 | 28.6 | |
For financial support (money) | 15 | 16.5 | |
To pass exam | 12 | 13.2 | |
Made me drunken | 14 | 15.4 | |
Having more than one sexual partner currently (n = 182) | Yes | 14 | 7.7 |
No | 168 | 92.3 | |
Number of sexual partners experienced (n = 182) | One | 65 | 35.7 |
Two | 83 | 45.6 | |
Three | 21 | 11.5 | |
Four and above | 13 | 7.1 | |
Discussion of RH issues with family | Yes | 177 | 44.1 |
No | 224 | 55.9 |