Category

Item

Total

(%)

Early-career (n = 35)

Mid-career (n = 65)

p-value

#

%

#

%

Physiological

Genitalia

40

(40.0)

18

51.4

22

33.8

ns

Secondary sexual characteristics

40

(40.0)

12

34.3

28

43.1

ns

Menstruation

27

(27.0)

7

20.0

20

30.8

ns

Physical development

26

(26.0)

7

20.0

19

29.2

ns

Creation of life

44

(44.0)

13

37.1

31

47.7

ns

Pregnancy

36

(36.0)

12

34.3

24

36.9

ns

Childbirth

29

(29.0)

8

22.9

21

32.3

ns

Phimosis

46

(46.0)

17

48.6

29

44.6

ns

Semenarche

48

(48.0)

18

51.4

30

46.2

ns

Nocturnal Emissions

42

(42.0)

16

45.7

26

40.0

ns

Premenstrual syndrome

49

(49.0)

14

40.0

35

53.8

ns

Menstrual irregularity

38

(38.0)

10

28.6

28

43.1

ns

Coping with PMS

48

(48.0)

11

31.4

37

56.9

0.015^*

Sexually transmitted diseases

58

(58.0)

14

40.0

44

67.7

0.008^*

AIDS

32

(32.0)

6

17.1

26

40.0

0.020^*

Chlamydia

31

(31.0)

6

17.1

25

38.5

0.029^*

Herpes

29

(29.0)

6

17.1

23

35.4

ns

Syphilis

30

(30.0)

6

17.1

24

36.9

0.041^*

Gonorrhea

31

(31.0)

6

17.1

25

38.5

0.029^*

Condyloma

33

(33.0)

6

17.1

27

41.5

0.014^*

Ebola

25

(25.0)

5

14.3

20

30.8

ns

HPV

34

(34.0)

8

22.9

26

40.0

ns

Infertility

41

(41.0)

10

28.6

31

47.7

ns

Diet

42

(42.0)

13

37.1

29

44.6

ns

Sex-adjacent

Sexual behavior

57

(57.0)

23

65.7

34

52.3

ns

Sex drive

51

(51.0)

19

54.3

32

49.2

ns

How to turn down sex

58

(58.0)

17

48.6

41

63.1

ns

Body changes in pregnancy

34

(34.0)

11

31.4

23

35.4

ns

Sex-adjacent

How to check if you are pregnant

37

(37.0)

10

28.6

27

41.5

ns

Birth control

53

(53.0)

14

40.0

39

60.0

ns

Obtaining condoms

42

(42.0)

11

31.4

31

47.7

ns

How to use condoms

55

(55.0)

17

48.6

38

58.5

ns

Access to “the pill”

41

(41.0)

9

25.7

32

49.2

0.023^*

Side effects of “the pill”

39

(39.0)

9

25.7

30

46.2

0.047^*

Emergency contraceptives

53

(53.0)

13

37.1

40

61.5

0.020^*

Access to emergency contraceptives

38

(38.0)

8

22.9

30

46.2

0.023^*

Abortion

42

(42.0)

13

37.1

29

44.6

ns

Effects of abortion

41

(41.0)

13

37.1

28

43.1

ns

Timing of abortion

38

(38.0)

11

31.4

27

41.5

ns

How abortion is done

37

(37.0)

12

34.3

25

38.5

ns

About STDs

51

(51.0)

14

40.0

37

56.9

ns

Infection routes of STDs

50

(50.0)

12

34.3

38

58.5

0.022^*

STD symptoms

48

(48.0)

11

31.4

37

56.9

0.015^*

STD testing

43

(43.0)

10

28.6

33

50.8

0.033^*

Chlamydia & infertility

34

(34.0)

6

17.1

28

43.1

0.009^**

HPV & cervical cancer

41

(41.0)

11

31.4

30

46.2

ns

Cervical cancer prevention

38

(38.0)

9

25.7

29

44.6

ns

Psychosocial

Puberty worries

39

(39.0)

10

28.6

29

44.6

ns

Differences between the sexes

39

(39.0)

12

34.3

27

41.5

ns

Sex and reproductive issues

42

(42.0)

14

40.0

28

43.1

ns

About romantic love

26

(26.0)

9

25.7

17

26.2

ns

Consulting on sexuality

39

(39.0)

14

40.0

25

38.5

ns

Consulting on pregnancy

39

(39.0)

12

34.3

27

41.5

ns

Psychosocial

LGBT

56

(56.0)

16

45.7

40

61.5

ns

Sexual harassment

35

(35.0)

6

17.1

29

44.6

0.006^**

Sexual abuse

60

(60.0)

17

48.6

43

66.2

ns

Sexual violence

62

(62.0)

20

57.1

42

64.6

ns

Media literacy

48

(48.0)

12

34.3

36

55.4

ns

STDs trends in Japan

46

(46.0)

12

34.3

34

52.3

ns