Table 2.
Logistic regressions for emerging adults’ casual sex and sexual non-exclusivity. Source: Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study
| Casual sex (last two years) Odds ratios (SE) | Sexual non-exclusivity (current/recent relationship) Odds ratios (SE) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Family influence | ||
| Interparental conflict | 1.042 (0.020)* | 0.986 (0.020) |
| Parents’ teen pregnancy | 1.324 (0.320) | 1.076 (0.277) |
| Peer influence | ||
| Peers’ sexual behavior | 1.264 (0.087)*** | 1.182 (0.084)* |
| Peers’ sexual attitudes | 1.011 (0.055) | 1.104 (0.065) |
| Partners’ influence | ||
| Partners’ previous non-exclusivity | 1.313 (0.122)** | 1.321 (0.129)** |
| Relationship dynamics | ||
| Union status (reference group: dating) | ||
| Cohabiting | 0.659 (0.163) | 0.626 (0.167) |
| Married | 0.509 (0.183) | 0.406 (0.152)* |
| Relationship duration | 0.871 (0.044)** | 1.102 (0.054)* |
| Relationship uncertainty | 1.111 (0.033)*** | 1.165 (0.038)*** |
| Relationship stability (reference group: stably together) | ||
| Stably broken up | 1.576 (0.498) | 0.748 (0.289) |
| Churning | 1.214 (0.269) | 2.362 (0.549)*** |
| Demographic controls | ||
| Age | 0.888 (0.049)* | 0.932 (0.056) |
| Female | 0.716 (0.147) | 0.959 (0.221) |
| Race-ethnicity (reference group: White) | ||
| Black | 1.090 (0.279) | 1.477 (0.397) |
| Hispanic | 1.218 (0.366) | 1.114 (0.357) |
| Educational attainment (reference group: high school graduate) | ||
| Less than high school | 1.279 (0.513) | 0.864 (0.376) |
| Some college | 1.289 (0.319) | 0.947 (0.250) |
| College graduate | 0.906 (0.252) | 0.803 (0.239) |
| Employment status (reference group: employed full-time) | ||
| Unemployed | 0.803 (0.194) | 0.920 (0.242) |
| Part-time employment | 0.788 (0.202) | 1.067 (0.291) |
| R 2 | 0.213 | 0.212 |
N = 694 respondents
*
p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01
***
p < 0.001