Table 2: Reproductive health indicators, students of Shahroud universities, divided by gender.

Divided by Gender
Indicators Questionnaire Scores/ Measurement Method of Knowledge, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Indicators Male
N(%)
Female
N(%)
Number/percentage of students with good knowledge levels of AIDS to all students (48-70) 21(3.9) 31(3.4)
Number / percentage of students with good knowledge levels of condoms to all students Responding to 5 items (birth control, AIDS, STD, and disposability 379(71.4) 443(49)
Number/percentage of Students unable to name at least one modern birth control method (except for condom and pills) to all students Spermicide, tubal ligation, vasectomy, contraceptive injection, IUD 46(9.9) 50(5.9)
Number /percentage of students who had heard of at least one STD 134(26.2) 175(19.6)
Number /percentage of students who felt greatly threatened by the number of youth exposed to AIDS to all students (18-25) 38(7.1) 59(6.4)
Number/percentage of students with good attitude to condoms to all students (18-25) 87(16.3) 314(34.)
Number/ percentage of students with good attitude to sexual abstinence to all students (28-40) 155(29) 140(13.1)
Number/ percentage of students with good self-efficacy to condoms to all students (28-40) 6(1.1) 83(9.1)
Number /percentage of students who didn't know any of STD symptoms in men Pain, wound, secretion, itching 175(32.7) 378(41.1)
Number of students who didn't know any of STD symptoms in women to all students Pain, wound, secretion, itching, bleeding 230(43) 295(32.1)
Number/percentage of male students who had experienced at least one STD symptom 106(22.2) 228(27)
Number/percentage of students who attempted to treat STDs 7(1.3) 10(1.2)
Number/percentage of female students who believed that the perfect age for females to get married was under 23 348(39.2)
Number/percentage of students who felt comfortable talking to their mothers about AIDS to all students 302(59.3) 297(33.4)
Students/ percentage who felt comfortable talking to their mothers about sexual relations and their consequences to all students 356(70.1) 468(52.2)
Students/ percentage who felt comfortable talking to their fathers about AIDS to all students 350(68.9) 810(90.6)
Students/percentage who felt comfortable talking to their fathers about sexual relations and their consequences to all students 305(60.5) 695(77.9)
Number/percentage of students who felt comfortable talking to healthcare providers about birth control methods to all students 191(37.6) 542(60.9)
Number /percentage of students who felt comfortable talking to healthcare providers about AIDS to all students 213(41.7) 485(53.8)
Number /Percentage of students who believed the majority of their single friends have never had sexual relations to all students 157(30.4) 267(29.5)
Number /Percentage of students who believed the majority of their single friends use condoms or other birth control methods during sexual intercourse to all students 154(30.4) 189(22.4)
Number /Percentage of students that think the majority of their friends have had more than one boy/girlfriend in the past 6 months 133(25.7) 111(12.4)
Number / percentage Level of comfort when referring to a physician to talk about sexual matters 424(29.4) 137(25.7)
Treatment of STDs 7(1.3) 10(1.2)
Number / percentage of students referring to birth control clinics or centers to get birth control devices 31(2.3)
Number / percentage of male students who believed that the perfect age for males to get married was under 26 293(40.6)
Number / percentage of students who underwent voluntary HIV testing to all students 17(1.2)
Number / percentage of students who had received the HIV test results to all students 7(41.4)