Table 2.
Same-sex relationship characteristics among males and females
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males N(%) |
Females N(%) |
χ2 | Males N(%) |
Females N(%) |
χ2 | |
| Currently in SSR (y/n) | 69(36.3%) | 61(38.1%) | 0.12 | 71(37.4%) | 47(29.3%) | 2.48 |
| Age of Current SSR Partner |
0.12 | 2.93 | ||||
| Older | 37(56.1%) | 34 (55.7%) | 40 (56.3%) | 23 (48.9%) | ||
| Same Age | 9 (13.6%) | 7 (11.5%) | 16 (22.5%) | 7 (14.9%) | ||
| Younger | 20 (30.3%) | 19 (31.1%) | 15 (21.1%) | 16 (34.0%) | ||
| Duration of Current SSR | 0.74 | 13.54** | ||||
| < 1 month | 25(37.9%) | 19(31.1%) | 14 (19.7%) | 2(4.3%) | ||
| 1-6 months | 24(36.4%) | 26(42.6%) | 34 (47.9%) | 14(29.8%) | ||
| ≥ 7 months | 17(25.7%) | 15(24.6%) | 23 (32.4%) | 30(63.8%) | ||
| Satisfaction with Current SSR | 1.42 | 0.91 | ||||
| Satisfied | 46 (69.7%) | 39 (63.9%) | 52 (75.4%) | 33 (70.2%) | ||
| Some sat. | 14 (21.2%) | 15 (24.6%) | 10 (14.1%) | 8 (17.0%) | ||
| Some dis. | 6 (9.1%) | 5 (8.2%) | 4 (5.6%) | 4 (8.5%) | ||
| Dissatisfied | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.6%) | 3 (4.2%) | 1 (2.1%) | ||
| Number SSR | 6.09* | 5.07 | ||||
| (past year) | 117 | 77 (48.1%) | 99 (52.1%) | 99 (61.9%) | ||
| 0 | (61.6%) | 60 (37.5%) | 70 (36.8%) | 51(31.9%) | ||
| 1 | 51 (26.8%) | 20(12.5%) | 21 (11.1%) | 9(5.6%) | ||
| 2 or more | 21 (11.1%) | |||||
| SSR Trajectory | 11.75** | |||||
| (past year) | ||||||
| NoSSR | 73 (38.4%) | 61(38.1%) | ||||
| SSR1 | 26 (13.7%) | 40(25.0%) | ||||
| SSR2 | 40 (21.1%) | 20(12.5%) | ||||
| SSR- SSR | 46 (24.2%) | 39(24.4%) | ||||
| Currently in OSR (y/n) | 12(6.3%) | 32(20.0%) | 14.80** | 8(4.2%) | 41(25.6%) | 35.33** |
| Age of Current OSR Partner1 |
4.93 | 9.35** | ||||
| Older | 5(45.5%) | 25(80.6%) | 2(28.6%) | 33(82.5%) | ||
| Same Age | 4(33.3%) | 4(12.9%) | 2(28.6%) | 5(12.5%) | ||
| Younger | 2(16.7%) | 2(6.5%) | 3(42.8%) | 3(7.5%) | ||
| Duration of Current OSR1 | 0.19 | 2.91 | ||||
| < 1 month | ||||||
| 1-6 months | 3(27.3%) | 8(25%) | 2(28.6%) | 3(7.5%) | ||
| ≥ 7 months | 4(36.4%) | 14(43.8%) | 2(28.6%) | 14(35.0%) | ||
| 4(36.4%) | 10(31.2%) | 3(42.8%) | 23(57.5%) | |||
| Satisfaction with Current OSR1 | 1.45 | .92 | ||||
| Satisfied | 7(63.6%) | 22(68.8%) | 4(57.2%) | 26(65.0%) | ||
| Some sat. | 3(27.3%) | 7(21.9%) | 2(%) | 9(22.5%) | ||
| Some dis. | 1(9.1%) | 1(3.1%) | 1(%) | 5(12.5%) | ||
| Dissatisfied | 0 | 2(6.3%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number OSR | 25.71** | 18.35** | ||||
| (past year) 1 | ||||||
| 0 | 166(87.4%) | 106(66.7%) | 165(88.2%) | 126(78.8%) | ||
| 1 | 20(10.5%) | 46(28.9%) | 11(5.9%) | 29(18.1%) | ||
| 2 or more | 4(2.2%) | 7(4.4%) | 11(5.8%) | 3(1.9%) | ||
| OSR Trajectory | 37.48** | |||||
| (past year) | ||||||
| NoOSR | 173(91.1%) | 108(67.5%) | ||||
| OSR1 | 10(5.3%) | 11(6.9%) | ||||
| OSR2 | 5(2.6%) | 20(12.5%) | ||||
| OSR- OSR | 2(1.1%) | 21(13.1%) | ||||
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01
Note. ‘SSR’ = same-sex relationship; ‘OSR’ = opposite-sex relationship; ‘SSR1’ = youth report one or more serious (more than 3 months) SSR in the past year at baseline and no SSR in the past year at follow-up; ‘SSR2’ = youth report no serious SSR in the past year at baseline and one or more SSRs in the past year at follow-up; ‘SSR-SSR’ = youth report one or more SSRs in the past year at both baseline and follow-up. Similar trajectories were computed for OSRs.
1
Percentages computed based on cases with complete data.