NI Life and Times Survey - 2003: SEXED1

Year: 2003
Module: Education
Variable: SEXED1 - SEXED15

In your view, what topics should sex education classes in school cover? Please read out the letter beside the topics you think should be covered.

This table shows the percentage of respondents identifying each topic.

	%
The physical changes associated with growing up	75
The biological facts of life	76
Pregnancy and childbirth	71
Menstruation	61
Abortion	58
Contraception	71
HIV and AIDS	72
Other sexually transmitted diseases	71
Sexual feelings and relationships	56
Homosexuality/Lesbianism	53
Emotions and relationships	58
Religious and moral values associated with sexuality	60
Marrige and family life	62
Childcare	58
Menopause	49

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
The physical changes associated with growing up	71	79
The biological facts of life	72	79
Pregnancy and childbirth	69	73
Menstruation	59	63
Abortion	57	58
Contraception	69	73
HIV and AIDS	71	73
Other sexually transmitted diseases	68	73
Sexual feelings and relationships	56	56
Homosexuality/Lesbianism	52	54
Emotions and relationships	55	60
Religious and moral values associated with sexuality	60	60
Marrige and family life	61	63
Childcare	56	60
Menopause	50	47

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

The physical changes associated with growing up 76 77 84 79 71 63
The biological facts of life 73 77 82 80 76 61
Pregnancy and childbirth 77 76 79 77 65 51
Menstruation 66 61 71 66 58 41
Abortion 63 59 64 62 56 40
Contraception 79 76 79 76 67 49
HIV and AIDS 76 76 76 77 70 55
Other sexually transmitted diseases 74 73 75 78 67 58

Sexual feelings and relationships 56 58 64 59 53 41

Homosexuality/Lesbianism 55 56 59 60 49 36

Emotions and relationships 54 57 66 63 57 43

Religious and moral values associated with sexuality 58 58 64 65 61 52

Marrige and family life 56 57 66 68 66 54

Childcare 61 59 66 62 55 45

Menopause 53 50 55 52 44 36

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

The physical changes associated with growing up 76 73 87
The biological facts of life 77 73 85
Pregnancy and childbirth 71 68 89
Menstruation 60 60 76
Abortion 59 54 71
Contraception 71 69 88
HIV and AIDS 73 70 81
Other sexually transmitted diseases 72 67 83
Sexual feelings and relationships 59 52 68
Homosexuality/Lesbianism 55 49 65
Emotions and relationships 60 54 70
Religious and moral values associated with sexuality 65 56 64
Marrige and family life 64 42 71
Childcare 60 55 73
Menopause 49 46 62

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