Sexual behaviors and its association with life skills among schooladolescents of Mettu town South West Ethiopia: A school-based cross-sectionalstudy

摘要

Adolescents need to have adequate life skills along with personal and socialcompetencies to build responsible adults for healthy behavior. Works ofliterature agree that life skills improve adolescent’s cognitive, social,and emotional skills; however, there is a paucity of evidence on theassociation of life skills with sexual behaviors. Therefore, this studyaimed to determine the association of life skills with sexual behavior amongschool adolescents aged 15–19 years in Mettu Town, South West Ethiopia.