Exposure to sexually explicit materials and associated factors among secondary school students in Nekemte town east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: A school based cross sectional study

Abstract

Background The recent advancement of internet-enabled technologies has significantly changed the way youth’s encounter and consume sexually explicit materials. Exposure to sexually explicit materials leads youths to risky sexual behavior that contributes for sexually transmitted disease including, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the exposure to sexually explicit materials and associated factors among secondary school students of Nekemte town, December 2020. Methods Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 660 students from December 1–15/2020.Study participants were selected by simple random sampling technique and self administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was entered in to Epi-data version 4.6.0.0 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Variables with P < 0.25 in Bivariate analysis were selected and further analyzed by multivariable analysis. Statistical significance at multivariable logistic regression was declared at a p < 0.05 using AOR and 95% CI. Result -The overall prevalence of sexually explicit material among students was 349(58.0%) out of these exposed participants 188(53.9%) were practiced the sexual act they have seen. The main source for these materials was Smart phone 157(44.7%).Being male[AOR 1.94; 95% CI,1.15–3.26),having uneducated father [6.65; 95% CI.2.89–15.27), having pornography in personal mobile phone [3.05;95%CI,1.74–5.34),being unaware not to watch pornography [5.57;95% CI2.58-12.97] being sexual active[3.578;95%,2.06–6.21] showed significant association with outcome variable.