Parental
engagement
- In both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, just 1 percent or fewer older boys and 3 percent or fewer unmarried older girls reported discussing reproductive processes with either their father or mother.
- One-quarter of young adolescent girls in Uttar Pradesh and one-third of them in Bihar discussed puberty related issues with their parents.
- Parents were the primary source of information on puberty for younger boys and parents were also the most preferred source for information on puberty.
Role models
A majority of adolescents identified their parents as their primary source for learning social behaviour.
Around two in every three adolescent boys and between three in five and three in four adolescent girls in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh indicated that their role model was someone in their family.