Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Parent’s perception towards Sexual Education in Tamil Nadu

S. Gayathri, Dr. A. K. Ravisankar

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 This paper made an attempt to explore the Parent’s perception towards sexual education. Totally 529 respondents were interviewed from five districts of Tamil Nadu. A multistage sampling method was adopted to select the target population – ever married couples living with at least one child in the age group of 13–19 years. Majority of the study population had either moderate or low level of perception on sexuality education.  The analysis indicates that the young respondents, respondents live in nuclear type, females, Hindus, degree/diploma holders, high income group people, respondent’s working in private/public sectors and highly media exposed respondents were little more understanding about sexuality education than the respective counterparts. It is also noticed that the respondents’ degree of religiosity increases their perception towards sexuality education was decreases. It is recommended that conducive environments should be created to promote debates on the importance and benefits of sexuality education across the country and this study strongly emphasizes the necessity to formulate appropriate policy regarding family life education so as to address the unmet need for scientific learning on matters of sexual life among youth.

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S. Gayathri, Dr. A. K. Ravisankar, Parent¥s perception towards Sexual Education in Tamil Nadu, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-7 | JULY-2017

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