© Kamla-Raj 2004 Anthropologist, 6(2): 101-103 (2004)
Awareness Regarding Sex Knowledge Among Adolescent
Girls (16-20 Years)
Nirojini Bhat Bhan, Payal Mahajan and Minal Sondhi
P. G. Department of Home Science, University of Jammu,
Jammu 180 006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
KEYWORDS Sex Knowledge. Adolescents. Awareness. Aids. Homosexuality.
Heterosexuality
Abstract The present study aim to know the level of sex knowledge among adolescent girls in the age group of 16 to 20 years. The sample consisted of 75 adolescent girls from 3 different educational institutes of Pathankot city (Punjab). Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Interview schedule was used for the collection of the data. The information was collected from the respondents related to menarche, masturbation, homosexuality, heterosexuality and source of information. The results of this study revealed that the girls had poor level of sex knowledge. Though girls knew about certain topics but were hesitant to talk about them.