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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Dec 9;39(3):674–681. doi: 10.1007/s10508-008-9435-9

Table 1.

Mean Scores on Motivations for Sex by Wave, Gender, and Transitional Sex Status

Pre-College
Six Months
Motive Nevers Transitioners Actives Total Nevers Transitioners Actives Total
M F M F M F M F M F M F
Intimacy 3.60 3.22 3.83 3.76 3.83 4.03 3.67 3.97 3.47 3.80 4.26 4.22 4.34 4.00
Enhancement 2.77 2.01 3.01 2.86 3.67 3.14 2.85 3.14 2.42 3.84 3.51 4.05 3.67 3.31
Coping 1.70 1.31 1.53 1.47 1.58 1.44 1.49 2.24 1.58 2.00 1.88 2.11 1.87 1.91
Health 3.80 4.25 3.77 4.34 3.62 4.09 4.00 3.86 4.27 3.54 4.26 3.54 4.04 3.97
Values 2.71 3.51 2.31 2.78 1.70 2.20 2.59 2.96 3.51 1.77 2.47 1.71 2.30 2.62
Not Ready 2.82 3.80 2.55 3.51 1.89 2.75 2.92 3.00 3.79 2.25 3.13 2.08 2.85 2.97
N 123 162 29 41 112 170 637 123 162 29 41 112 170 637

Note. M = male; F= female. Motives range from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).