Table 7.
Estimated odds ratio (OR) for having premarital sex among college-going men by selected predictors
| Model I | Model II | Model III | |
| Individual characteristics | |||
| Age group | |||
| 15–19 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 20 and above | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.69* |
| Level of education | |||
| Intermediate | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Undergraduate | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.52* |
| Graduate degree | 0.88 | 0.79 | 0.48* |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Unmarried | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.73 |
| District | |||
| Outside Kathmandu valley | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Kathmandu valley | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.97 |
| Living arrangement | |||
| With family | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Alone | 1.32 | 1.39 | 1.28 |
| With friends | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.07 |
| Attitude towards male virginity | |||
| Conservative (ref) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Liberal | 2.16*** | 2.15*** | 1.91** |
| Family characteristics | |||
| Family structure | |||
| Joint family | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Nuclear family | 0.91 | 0.81 | |
| Religion | |||
| Non-Hindu (ref) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Hindu | 2.63* | 2.99* | |
| Peer characteristics | |||
| Has close unmarried friend who has experienced premarital sex | |||
| No (ref) | 1.0 | ||
| Yes | 9.2*** | ||
| Intercept | 0.28 | 0.124 | 0.033 |
| -2 log likelihood | 741.7 | 736.1 | 611.1 |
| Cox & Snell R square | 0.043 | 0.052 | 0.238 |
Note: *** = p < .001, ** = p < .01, * = p < .05