Table 5.
Logistic Regressions Predicting Sexual Activity by Race* Gender
| Sexual Activity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logistic Odds Ratios | ||||
| African American Boys (n=195) | African American Girls (n=217) | Hispanic Boys (n=221) | Hispanic Girls (n=249) | |
| Adolescent Demographics | ||||
| Age(older omitted) | .18*** | .42* | .16*** | .17*** |
| City (Chicago omitted)A | ||||
| BostonB | .54 | .94 | 2.00 | 1.10 |
| San AntonioC | 1.37 | 2.11 | 2.77* | 1.41 |
| Female (males omitted) | ||||
| Race | ||||
| African American (omitted) | ||||
| White | ||||
| Hispanic | ||||
| Familial Demographics | ||||
| Family Structure | ||||
| Stable Single (omitted) | ||||
| Stable Two-Parent | 1.49 | 2.84 | 3.86* | 2.08 |
| Stable Separated | 1.55 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 4.74** |
| Into Union | .73 | 4.29** | .98 | 2.34 |
| Out of Union | .08 | .75 | .85 | .81 |
| Maternal Education | ||||
| Less than HS (omitted) | ||||
| HS/GED | ||||
| Tech or Higher | ||||
| Increased Education | ||||
| HS or greater | 1.56 | .80 | .61 | .88 |
| Welfare Status | ||||
| Stable off Welfare (omitted) | ||||
| Stable on Welfare | 1.64 | 1.62 | 2.00 | .98 |
| Trans on Welfare | 7.03* | .71 | 1.76 | 2.84 |
| Trans off Welfare | 1.12 | 2.82 | 2.67 | 3.38* |
| Income | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Family Processes | ||||
| Family Routines | .75 | 1.15 | 1.00 | .70 |
| Father Involvement | 1.21 | .80 | .76 | .61 |
| Mother-Child Relationship | 1.35 | 1.10 | 1.92 | .30* |
| Parental Monitoring | .11 | 3.74 | .77 | .11 |
| Father-Child Trust & Communication | .85 | .76 | 1.15 | .92 |
| Father Child Anger & Alienation | .80 | 1.10 | .99 | 1.25 |
| Individual Attributes | ||||
| Academic Achievement | .94 | .59* | .79 | 1.01 |
| Academic Aspirations | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.04 | 1.19 |
| Delinquency | 1.40 | 7.18** | 5.26** | 6.98** |
| LR Chi-Square | 56.15*** | 43.78** | 57.97*** | 76.63*** |
| Pseudo R2 | .22 | .20 | .22 | .29 |
***
Notes: p < .001;
**
p < .01;
*
p < .05.