Table 2.
Mean Differences (SD) in Parenting Predictors Between Initiators and Non-initiators for Oral Sex and Vaginal Intercourse (N = 887)
| Oral Sex | Vaginal Intercourse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No (85%) | Yes (15%) | No (91%) | Yes (9%) |
| Age | 14.75*** (1.40) | 15.71 (1.44) | 14.80*** (1.44) | 15.85 (1.23) |
| Female, % | 49.6% | 41.4% | 48.2% | 50.0% |
| Male, % | 50.4% | 58.6% | 51.8% | 50.0% |
| Ethnicity (White), % | 65.8% | 69.9% | 66.1% | 69.2% |
| Ethnicity (Non-white), % | 34.2% | 30.1% | 33.9% | 30.8% |
| Family Income | 6.74 (1.78) | 6.75 (1.93) | 6.78** (1.78) | 6.35 (2.02) |
| Parental monitoring | 3.45*** (0.55) | 3.21 (0.60) | 3.44*** (0.55) | 3.21 (0.65) |
| Quality of mother-child communication | 3.00*** (0.72) | 2.78 (0.75) | 2.99*** (0.73) | 2.78 (0.76) |
| Quality of father-child communication | 2.66 (0.83) | 2.57 (0.80) | 2.67*** (0.83) | 2.43 (0.83) |
| Parent communication about sex | 3.53* (1.98) | 3.83 (1.79) | 3.54*** (1.96) | 3.99 (1.82) |
| Parental disapproval of sex | 3.45*** (0.56) | 3.07 (0.64) | 3.42*** (0.57) | 3.08 (0.64) |
| Parental discussion of TV content | 1.76*** (0.56) | 1.57 (0.57) | 1.75*** (0.57) | 1.53 (0.53) |
| Parental co-viewing | 2.57*** (0.74) | 2.38 .80 | 2.57*** (0.75) | 2.22 (0.73) |
| Parental limitation of TV viewing | 2.20*** (0.70) | 1.79 .63 | 2.18*** (0.70) | 1.71 (0.62) |
Note: Parental Monitoring/supervision scored from 1 for never know to 4 for always know, quality of parental communication scored from 1 for never or rarely to 4 for always, parental disapproval of sex scored from 1 for not at all upset to 4 for very upset, parental mediation of television items were scored from 1 for never to 4 for often. Parental communication about sex was an index with higher scores representing more comprehensive communication about sex. Parenting items are based on data collected at Wave 1.
*
p<.10
**
p<.05
***
p<.01