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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2009 May 30;45(5):478–482. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.025

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Number of Lifetime Sexual Partners and Bivariate Relationships among Predictors and Covariates.

Lifetime Sexual Partners Chi-squarea
0 1 2–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–40 41+
Sample 5 148 413 216 87 44 38 13
Frequencies
Percent Male 40.0% 44.6% 37.8% 43.1% 48.3% 38.6% 50.0% 61.5% Χ2(6)=8.2
Percent White 80.0% 89.2% 85.7% 89.4% 86.2% 81.8% 78.9% 61.5% Χ2(6)=12.1
Percent Early Drinkers 20.0% 41.2% 48.4% 53.7% 52.9% 59.1% 65.8% 69.2% Χ2(6)=13.6*
Percent 7th Graders 60.0% 73.0% 67.6% 78.7% 75.9% 70.5% 78.9% 76.9% Χ2(6)=10.7
Percent with friends who drank 60.0% 69.6% 59.1% 56.5% 59.8% 43.2% 28.9% 53.8% Χ2(6)=25.9*
Percent in control group 40.0% 45.3% 48.9% 54.6% 51.7% 50.0% 42.1% 53.8% Χ2(6)=4.5
Coital debut Mean (SD) 17.0 (2.3) 18.4 (1.3) 17.1 (1.7) 16.2 (1.6) 15.9 (1.6) 15.2 (1.6) 15.4 (1.1) 15.3 (1.5)
Sensation seeking Mean (SD) 4.3 (0.0) 4.1 (1.3) 4.3 (1.2) 4.4 (1.2) 4.5 (1.3) 4.5 (1.2) 4.4 (1.3) 4.4 (1.5)
*

Notes. denotes significant chi-square at 0.05 alpha level. Chi-square test of independence did not include the five people who reported no age of first intercourse because of small expected values.