Findings of an empirical research

1. Family life Education: A study of concepts of rural and urban adolescent girls. Neeru Sharma(Reader) Payal Mahajan( Scholar) Deptt of Home Science, University of Jammu, Jammu.180006 [email_address]

11. PARENT - CHILD RELATIONSHIP SCALE (PCRS) TABLE Showing Children’s Perception of Their Relation with Their Parents * Difference significant at 0.05 level 1.145 23.2 22.4 3.41 24.1 21.6 Neglecting 7.362* 30.9 26.0 7.750 31.2 25.8 Object Reward 5.141* 35.7 32.4 5.396 35.2 31.6 Loving 7.808* 36.7 31.9 6.99 31.5 36.5 Symbolic Reward 5.537* 27.7 24.5 13.08 32.0 23.7 Indifferent 2.120* 33.0 31.6 1.180 32.0 31.2 Demanding 0.242 23.2 23.1 1.497 21.9 23.0 Object Punishment 0.042 23.6 22.6 2.752 22.5 24.7 Rejecting 0.042 30.3 30.3 2.291 28.5 29.9 Symbolic punishment 3.659* 37.3 35.1 1.425 36.1 35.4 Protecting Mother’s Attitude Rural/Urban Mean t value Father’s Attitude Rural/Urban MEAN t value DIMENSIONS

12. KNOWLEDGE LEVEL REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF PUBERTY 33(17) 167(84) 126(63) 74(37) Prior knowledge regarding.. Yes No 56(28) 29(15) 56(28) 77(39) 31(16) 25(13) Menstruation signifies: Youth Dirt Not aware 191(96) 169(80) 174(87) 104(52) Age at full maturity attained: Girls 15-19 years Boys 15-19 years 112(56) 117(59) 161(80.5) 171(86) Age at which adol starts attaining maturity: Girls 11-15 years Boys 11-15 years RURAL(%AGE) N=200 URBAN(%AGE) N=200 PUBERTY

13. Knowledge regarding Reproduction, Nutrition and Health 92(46) 89(45) 19(10) 165(83) 17(9) 18(9) Health is: Balanced diet and fitness Good diet Not aware 9(5) - 191(96) 138(69) 23(12) 39(20) Nutrients deficient in a pregnant Indian woman’s diet: Iron Protein and minerals Not aware 176(88) 6(3) 1(2) 10(5) 81(41) 15(8) 11(6) 40(20) Diet required during menstruation : Balanced food Avoid sour food Increase quantity Food fads 66(33) 95(48) 25(13) 131(66) 116(58) 35(18) 64(32) 22(11) Reproductive organ : Female Uterus Not Aware Male Testis and Penis Not Aware RURAL(%AGE) N=200 URBAN(%AGE) N=200 Responses

14. Knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS 95(48) 43(22) 62(31) 57(29) 40(20) - Is AIDS curable? Yes No Not Aware 15(8) 43(22) 21(11) 32(16) 89(45) 50(25) 26(13) 9(5) 11(6) 104(52) AIDs can spread through ... HIV Physical Relations Infection Blood Transfusion Not Aware 101(51) 90(45) 2(1) 110(550 54(27) 22(11) AIDS is … Not Aware Disease Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome 145(12) 147(740 HIV is… Not Aware RURAL(%AGE) N=200 URBAN(%AGE) N=200 RESPONSES

15. Preferred Source of Information regarding issues in FLE

16. Showing Adolescent’s Source of Information Regarding Issues in FLE 165(82.5) 14(7) 20(10) 4(2) 154 (77) 24(12) 20(10) 4(2) Extent of information to be provided in this regard? Full /In-depth Acc to age Not much Not aware 128(64) 20(10) 52(26) 156(78) 38(19) 6(3) At what age should this education be provided? 10-15 years 16-30 years Not aware 48(24) 36(18) 110(55) 4(2) 9(4.5) 13(6.5) 4(2) 66(33) 62(31) 28(14) 27(13.5) 9(4.5) 4(2) 4(2) Who should provide education regarding these issues? Teacher & Mother Mother Teacher Books & Parents Doctor Friends & Sister Not aware School going n=200 School going n=200 Rural (%age) Urban (%age) Source Of Information

23. Messages to be incorporated in the text Socialization and stereotyping with specific emphasis on gender issues. b Self, body, and clarifying confusions on sexuality. b Emphasizing the rights of children over their body, the right to say ‘No’, the right to a safe environment. b Issues of child sexual abuse and sexual health. b Exploring a concept of the self and self-esteem b Notions around our body and puberty - the fears and insecurities around it, examining societal norms vis-à-vis an individual’s likes and dislikes, role models, and imaging. b Emotion, caring, and love, sources of information, responsibility vis-àvis HIV/AIDS. b Family and relationships and molding children as motivators for other children (peer educator development).