UNESCO commissioned a study to analyse the needs, experiences and preferences of adolescents and young people in low- and middle-income countries in relation to school-based sexuality education. The study was conducted by the KIT Institute in partnership with youth-led organizations in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, the Kyrgyz Republic and Trinidad and Tobago.
The study employed a mixed-methods design combining a global online survey (9,288 respondents aged 16–24, in 16 languages) with qualitative case studies using creative participatory methods (405 participants aged 10–24). A youth-participatory research approach was adopted throughout, with young researchers involved in every stage of the process, from design to co-analysis.
To carry out the data collection, tools included a global online survey and qualitative instruments for the country case studies, combining storytelling, group discussions and interviews. The survey and qualitative tools captured adolescents' and young people's knowledge of and satisfaction with the topics and delivery methods of the sexuality education they had received, their preferences for how it could be improved, and their views on its relevance to real-life issues around relationships and sexual and reproductive health.
The annexes include:
- Annex 1. Survey questions
- Annex 2. Full list of survey respondents
- Annex 3. Sociodemographic background to national contexts of qualitative case studies
- Annex 4. Participant profiles in qualitative component
- Annex 5. Generic qualitative tools
- Annex 6. Survey answer options grouping according to key concepts
- Annex 7. Generic consent forms