Percentage of individuals aged 16–24 years in Natsal-3 reporting not knowing enough when they first felt ready to have some sexual experience, by main source of information and gender
| Men | Women | p Value for association with gender | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent | 95% CI | Denominators* | Per cent | 95% CI | Denominators* | ||
| All | 68.1 | (65.4 to 70.7) | 1729, 1238 | 70.6 | (68.1 to 72.9) | 2140, 1207 | 0.1467 |
| Main source of sex education | |||||||
| Lessons at school | 62.0 | (57.3 to 66.4) | 583, 414 | 62.7 | (58.5 to 66.7) | 745, 417 | 0.8170 |
| Friends of about own age | 68.5 | (62.9 to 73.5) | 381, 278 | 77.7 | (73.1 to 81.7) | 491, 268 | 0.0093 |
| First girlfriend/boyfriend/sexual partner | 75.0 | (67.0 to 81.6) | 185, 132 | 82.3 | (73.5 to 88.7) | 113, 62 | 0.1713 |
| Mother/Father | 78.0 | (68.5 to 85.3) | 105, 78 | 68.3 | (61.7 to 74.2) | 280, 154 | 0.0854 |
| Media | 70.7 | (59.8 to 79.6) | 99, 75 | 77.9 | (68.6 to 85.0) | 127, 79 | 0.5031 |
| Internet (excluding pornography) | 74.5 | (61.5 to 84.3) | 65, 47 | 81.1 | (60.1 to 92.4) | 37, 23 | 0.2612 |
*Denominators are presented as unweighted, weighted.