Prevalence Rate of Abstinence from Sex Among Adolescents in Kenya: A Case of Selected Public Secondary Schools in Dagoretti South Sub-County, Nairobi County

dc.contributor.authorOtieno, Sarah Mercy Malaki
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-18T07:07:31Z
dc.date.available2024-10-18T07:07:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.descriptionMASTER OF ARTS in Counseling Psychology
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to determine the prevalence rate of abstinence from sex among adolescents in Kenya, with a special focus on selected public secondary schools in Dagoretti South sub-county, Nairobi County. The study specifically sought to establish the prevalence rate of abstinence from sex among adolescents in selected public secondary schools in Dagoretti South sub-county, establish adolescents’ attitudes towards abstinence from sex among adolescents in selected public secondary schools in Dagoretti South sub-county, determine the respondents’ knowledge of effects of premarital sex, and determine genderbased sexual activity differences among adolescent boys and girls in selected public secondary schools in Dagoretti South sub-county. The population of the study comprised male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years and studying in public secondary schools in Dagoretti South sub-county and the target population was Form 1 to Form 4 students in the selected Schools. The study had a sample of 81 students who were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected using a questionnaire and a key informants’ interview guide, analysed with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 23. The analyzed data was presented in terms of percentages, mean scores, frequencies, and standard deviation. Key findings of the study were that adolescents engaged in premarital sex; 56.6% of the male respondents and 14.2% of the female ones indicated that they were sexually active; More female respondents (85.8%) were abstinent compared to their male (43.4%) counterparts; and the first source of information regarding sex was the respondents’ teachers. A key recommendation by the study is the need for integration of sex education into the high school curriculum.
dc.description.sponsorshipDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.identifier.citationOtieno, S. M. M. (2019). Prevalence Rate of Abstinence from Sex Among Adolescents in Kenya: A Case of Selected Public Secondary Schools in Dagoretti South Sub-County, Nairobi County.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5512
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.subjectabstinence
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectpublic secondary schools
dc.subjectDagoretti South sub-county
dc.titlePrevalence Rate of Abstinence from Sex Among Adolescents in Kenya: A Case of Selected Public Secondary Schools in Dagoretti South Sub-County, Nairobi County
dc.typeThesis

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