Table 3 Relationship between children's sex education styles and personal, family and social characteristics of the participants

(9.9) 27.5

^⁑0.001 > 

(4.9) 17.7

^⁑0.001 > 

(8.7) 24.0

^⁑0.001 > 

Primary School

Mother's educational status

(10.7) 17.4

(6.6) 14.4

(6.0) 29.0

Secondary School

(7.6) 14.1

(6.9) 12.8

(5.6) 30.3

High School

(6.6) 12.0

(5.6) 12.2

(4.6) 30.9

University

(10.8) 23.3

^⁑0.001 > 

(6.6) 16.7

^⁑0.001 > 

(6.8) 26.2

0.001 > 

Primary School

Father's educational status

(9.0) 16.2

(6.5) 13.9

(7.4) 29.4

Secondary School

(8.8) 14.6

(6.3) 13.6

(5.3) 29.8

High School

(6.7) 12.0

(5.8) 11.8

(4.7) 31.0

University

(8.5) 14.3

^‡0.234

(6.2) 13.0

^‡0.142

(5.6) 30.1

^‡0.015

Married

Marital status

(12.2) 18.6

(7.7) 15.6

(7.1) 26.2

Divorce / death of father

(7.7) 13.3

^‡0.013

(6.3) 12.6

^‡0.135

(5.0) 30.8

^‡0.012

Girl

Child 's gender

(9.6) 15.8

(6.3) 13.6

(6.3) 29.1

Boy

(7.1) 12.7

^⁑0.004

(6.2) 13.2

^⁑0.148

(5.2) 30.2

^⁑0.019

1

Number of children

(9.1) 15.2

(6.3) 12.7

(5.8) 30.3

2

(11.1) 18.2

(6.4) 15.1

(7.2) 27.1

3 ≤ 

(8.30) 14.2

^⁑0.014

(6.3) 13.4

^⁑0.056

(5.4) 30.0

^⁑0.009

First

Child 's birth rank

(8.7) 14.2

(6.2) 12.0

(6.1) 30.6

Second

(11.5) 20.3

(6.2) 15.6

(6.8) 26.1

Third or fourth

(8.9) 15.7

^‡0.001 > 

(6.6) 13.7

^‡0.196

(6.4) 29.2

^‡0.042

Public School

Type of school (n = 195)

(7.4) 11.0

(5.8) 12.3

(4.9) 31.0

Private School

(8.2) 16.4

0.006

(6.4) 14.4

^⁑0.575

(7.5) 28.6

^⁑0.009

Weak / Medium

Child's educational status (n = 195)

(10.3) 16.7

(6.7) 13.6

(6.4) 28.1

Good

(7.3) 12.6

(6.3) 12.9

(5.2) 30.9

Excellent

(8.8) 14.5

^‡0.975

(6.3) 13.1

^‡0.972

(5.7) 30.2

^‡0.142

City

Living place

(7.1) 14.4

(6.8) 13.2

(6.4) 26.2

Village

(12.1) 23.7

^⁑0.001 > 

(5.2) 17.4

^⁑0.002

(8.1) 24.6

^⁑0.001 > 

Bad

Financial status

(8.3) 14.6

(6.6) 12.4

(5.8) 30.3

medium

(7.5) 12.7

(5.8) 13.2

(4.7) 30.5

Good

(8.1) 13.5

^⁑0.011

(6.3) 12.9

^⁑0.867

(5.4) 30.4

^⁑0.019

Gilak

Mother's ethnicity

(6.8) 15.2

(7.0) 13.1

(6.8) 29.1

Talesh

(10.9) 18.0

(6.0) 13.8

(6.2) 27.9

Turkish

(9.3) 14.5

(6.6) 13.0

(5.9) 31.5

Other

(7.9) 13.6

^⁑0.003

(6.4) 13.2

^⁑0.602

(5.3) 30.4

^⁑0.036

Gilak

Father's ethnicity

(6.8) 13.1

(5.8) 11.8

(5.4) 30.8

Talesh

(10.8) 18.4

(6.0) 13.7

(6.7) 27.9

Turkish

(9.7) 15.0

(6.6) 12.6

(6.6) 30.1

Other

(8.6) 14.2

^‡0.006

(6.2) 12.9

^‡0.011

(5.6) 30.2

^‡0.002

Yes

Mother’s Supervision on the child’s use of technology and mobile phones

(10.5) 20.7

(7.7) 17.3

(7.1) 25.2

No

(4.8) 10.3

^‡0.001 > 

(5.6) 12.3

^‡0.379

(4.0) 32.6

^‡0.001 > 

Yes

Mothers’ participation in sex education training

(9.1) 15.2

(6.4) 13.2

(5.9) 29.5

No

(9.4) 19.7

^⁑0.001 > 

(6.1) 16.3

^⁑0.001 > 

(6.2) 26.4

^⁑0.001 > 

None

Source of mother’s information

(7.5) 12.9

(6.1) 11.8

(5.4) 30.9

Internet, books, television

(11.1) 18.6

(6.6) 14.9

(5.4) 29.1

Friends

(4.2) 9.7

(4.9) 12.1

(4.0) 32.5

Field of Study