Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Family Life Education and Reproductive Health Issues: a Linkage Study Among Young Unmarried Girls in Tamilnadu

Dr. A. K. Ravisankar

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This paper attempted to identify where and how young people currently receive their sexual health education and try to find out association of Family Life Education (FLE) on young people’s understanding on reproductive & sexual health issues. Data were drawn from 6,415 unmarried women (15–24) during DLHS–III in Tamilnadu. Though seventy percent of women aware of FLE, more than two–fifth of them were received FLE (44.3percent). Among women who received FLE, only 36 percent of them known the correct legal age at marriage for girls, 44.6percent not aware of STI/RTIs. With regard to comprehensive knowledge on HIV/AIDS transmission, only one–fifth of girls who received FLE had high comprehensive knowledge. Using of cloths during menstrual period was high among the girls who had not received FLE. Age of women and women’s education were significantly associated with receiving pattern of FLE

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Dr. A. K. Ravisankar Family Life Education and Reproductive Health Issues: a Linkage Study Among Young Unmarried Girls in Tamilnadu Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VI June 2013

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