Table 1.
Measures used |
Wave IV |
Total male + female lifetime vaginal, oral, or anal sexual partners |
Total male + female vaginal, oral, or anal sexual partners prior to age 18 |
Divorce status |
Report of any concurrent sexual partners during first marriagea |
First marriage began prior to Wave III |
Age at first marriage |
Wave III |
Total lifetime vaginal sexual partners |
Total vaginal, oral, or anal sexual partners since the summer of 1995 |
Start and end dates for sexual relationships since the summer of 1995a |
Sufficient conditions to code respondents as having had premarital, nonspousal sexual partners (“I”) |
In first marriage at Wave IV, report more than one lifetime partner, no nonspousal partners concurrent with marriage |
Unmarried as of Wave III, more than one partner ever as of Wave III |
Married prior to Wave III, report any sexual relationships having ended prior to when marriage started |
Married after age 18, more than one partner prior to age 18 |
Sufficient conditions to code respondents as having had no premarital, nonspousal sexual partners (“0”) |
No more than one partner reported on any Wave IV or Wave III measure |
No more than one partner reported prior to Wave III, married by Wave III |
No more than one partner reported prior to age 18, married by age 18 |
Note: Above criteria allowed for logical certainty of categorization for 94% of respondents. Missing data for the remaining 6% of cases were addressed using multiple imputation (m = 10).
Measure only available for a subset of respondents.