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Table 28: Participation in sex education by pupils living in the households
according to gender and religion (in per cent)
Muslim pupils
Pupils belonging to
another religion
Male Female Total Male Female Total
Yes, participates 52,1 58,1 55,1 48,7 48,6 48,6
No - no such
lessons available
46,0 39,9 42,9 48,4 42,8 45,9
Non-participation
on religious grounds
0,7 0,8 0,7 1,0 1,1 1,0
Non-participation
on other grounds
1,2 1,3 1,3 1,9 7,5 4,4
Total 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of all household members, pupils aged between6 and 22,
weighted. Unweighted number of cases: 2,887
Just over one in two pupils and students covered by the
survey affirmed that they were attending sex education at
school in the current school year (table 28). A slightly higher
proportion of Muslim pupils and students attend such lessons,
while non-Muslim pupils were slightly more frequently to be
found in a class without such lessons. Religious grounds for staying
away from sex education lessons are barely cited by either
group. It is noticeable that a disproportionately high percentage
of female pupils belonging to other religions fail to participate
in such lessons for other reasons.