A Comparative Study Of Perception Regarding Reproductive Health Between Rural And Urban Adolescents In Agra District.

Abstract

Six hundred girl adolescents (300 from urban and 300 from rural areas) aged 13 – 19 years from Lucknow district were selected through cluster random sampling technique in the present study. Adolescent’s perception regarding reproductive health was recorded, analysed and presented in the following tables. Significant differences regarding perception about reproductive health i.e., physical changes, body weight, body height, sexual relation, reproductive organs, conception, child birth, use of contraceptives and reproductive disease were observed between the adolescents belonging to rural and urban areas (p < 0.05). It can be concluded that adolescent’s perception regarding reproductive health was significantly better among urban adolescents as compared to rural adolescents.