Table 1

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics and sexual and reproductive health outcomes among young adults aged 15–24 years

Variable	Females		Males		Total
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
15–18	11 442	32.5	5963	32.6	17 405	32.5
19–20	16 911	48.0	8873	48.5	25 784	48.2
21–22	5470	15.5	2669	14.6	8139	15.2
23–24	1381	3.9	799	4.4	2180	4.1
Hometown
Urban	7755	22.1	4067	22.2	11 822	22.1
Suburban	12 136	34.5	6019	32.9	18 155	33.9
Rural	15 313	43.5	8218	44.9	23 531	44.0
Maternal educational attainment
Illiterate	2703	7.8	1425	8.0	4128	7.9
Primary school	8096	23.4	4085	22.8	12 181	23.2
Middle or high school	18 412	53.1	9572	53.5	27 984	53.3
College and above	5445	15.7	2810	15.7	8255	15.7
Paternal educational attainment
Illiterate	1154	3.3	644	3.6	1798	3.4
Primary school	5736	16.6	2828	15.8	8564	16.3
Middle or high school	20 906	60.5	10 881	60.7	31 787	60.5
College and above	6788	19.6	3585	20.0	10 373	19.8
Monthly expenditure (USD)
<150	5457	15.5	2582	14.1	8039	15.0
150–249	12 126	34.4	6290	34.4	18 416	34.4
250–300	7960	22.6	4278	23.4	12 238	22.9
≥300	9661	27.4	5154	28.2	14 815	27.7
Family attitudes towards sex
Closed	20 613	58.6	10 454	57.1	31 067	58.1
Neutral	11 910	33.8	5349	29.2	17 259	32.3
Open	2681	7.6	2501	13.7	5182	9.7
Parent–adolescent communication about sex
Seldom	19 504	55.4	11 328	61.9	30 832	57.6
Medium	14 397	40.9	6363	34.8	20 760	38.8
Frequent	1303	3.7	613	3.4	1916	3.6
Self-reported sexual orientation
Heterosexual	26 393	75.0	15 205	83.1	41 598	77.7
Homosexual	500	1.4	943	5.2	1443	2.7
Bisexual	4431	12.6	1047	5.7	5478	10.2
Other*	3880	11.0	1109	6.1	4989	9.3
Sexual intercourse
No	28 563	81.1	13 398	73.2	41 961	78.4
Yes	6641	18.9	4906	26.8	11 547	21.6
Age at first intercourse (years) (mean: 18.55)
≤15	324	4.9	337	6.9	661	5.7
16–18	2952	44.5	2643	54.0	5595	48.5
19–20	2279	34.3	1352	27.6	3631	31.5
21–22	881	13.3	477	9.8	1358	11.8
23–24	203	3.1	83	1.7	286	2.5
Condom use for first intercourse
No	2408	36.3	1752	35.7	4160	36.0
Yes	4233	63.7	3154	64.3	7387	64.0
Sexually transmitted infection
No	6312	95.1	4655	94.9	10 967	95.0
Yes	329	5.0	251	5.1	580	5.0
Had pregnancy/got partner pregnant
No	6361	96.1	4048	94.9	10 409	95.6
Yes	261	3.9	219	5.1	480	4.4
Abortion†
No	19	7.3	24	11.0	43	9.0
Yes	242	92.7	195	89.0	437	91.0

*Others included people who reported being asexual or unclear about their sexual orientation.
†Analysis was in people who had been pregnant (n=480).
USD, United States dollars.