Data collection instruments and procedures
STIs/HIV infections
POSITIVE
The study collected primary information using 22 items of the pre-tested Sexual-Risk Behaviour Beliefs and Self-esteem Scale (SRBBSES) [The sexual behaviours items were analytically converted to create a new variable called sexual ideology, which was then dichotomized into "Positive" and "Negative". Negative sexual ideologies are those ideas held by adolescents who believe that having relationships and engaging in sexual activity while they are adolescents is their right and has no negative health effects as long as people love each other. Other examples of those ideologies include the belief that risky sexual behaviour can result in teen pregnancies, new STIs/HIV infections, and school dropouts. The analytical transformation of the items that measured sexual behaviours produced a new end-point of analysing the variable that was dichotomized into "Yes" (demonstrated the behaviour) and "No." (Did not demonstrate any sexual behaviour). The school principal introduced the research assistant to the children before she was left in the classroom to offer the students greater autonomy and privacy to fill out the questionnaires within a separate unoccupied classroom. In one unoccupied venue of the sampled sample schools, 50 pupils may be seated at once with approximately one meter between chairs.