Survey of opinions of mothers and teenage daughters on sexual behavior and contraception: descriptive study and literature review

Figures & data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study population, comprising 314 mother–daughter pains

Demographics	Mothers, % (n)	Daughters, % (n)
Age, years
15–17		33.8% (106)
18–20		31.8% (100)
21–24		34.4% (108)
25–33
34–44		32.8% (103)
45–49		31.8% (100)
50–54		25.8% (81)
55–64		9.6% (30)
Education, years
≤ 10	23% (72)	21% (66)
11–12	63% (198)	60% (188)
13–16	14% (44)	19% (60)
Marital status
Married/in a committed relationship	71% (223)	40% (126)
Single/divorced/widowed	29% (91)	60% (188)
Age at first intercourse (years)	19.5	17.2
Contraception use at time of first intercourse	29% (91)	76% (239)
Sexually active currently	81% (254)	53% (166)
Current contraception use	55% (173)	57% (179)
Intrauterine device	47% (81)	–
Oral contraceptive pills	25% (43)	60% (107)
Vaginal ring	11% (19)	1% (2)
Condoms	9% (16)	36% (64)
Dermal patch	8% (14)	3% (6)
Unintended pregnancy	8% (25)	4.5% (14)

Figure 1 The age of the first sexual intercourse, among mothers and their daughters.

Table 2 Comparison between two groups of daughters based on communication with their mothers

	Daughters who communicated with mothers (n = 151)	Daughters who did not communicate with mothers (n = 148)
Age (years)	20.7	18.2
Contraception use, % (n)	63% (95)	54.7% (81)
Oral contraceptive pills	41.6% (62)	29.7% (44)
Vaginal ring	1.3% (2)	0
Condoms	19.2% (29)	22.3% (33)
Dermal patch	1.3% (2)	2.7% (4)
Unintended pregnancy/abortion	5.3% (8)	4% (6)

Figure 2 The use of contraception among mothers and their daughters at the first sexual intercourse.

Figure 3 Sexual relationships and contraception discussed between mothers and their daughters.