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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Adolesc. 2010 Sep 1;20(3):651–677. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00654.x

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Correlations among Number of Sexual Partners at Age 16–22 and Developmental Antecedents at Age 11–13

Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1. # of partners (age 16)1 —
2. # of partners (age 17)1 .72*** —
3. # of partners (age 18)1 .54*** .68*** —
4. # of partners (age 20)2 .31*** .40*** .51*** —
5. # of partners (age 21)1 .25*** .35*** .41*** .64*** —
6. # of partners (age 22)1 .23*** .29*** .40*** .48*** .56*** —
7. Child gender3 −.02 −.02 −.09 −.08 −.10* −.10* —
8. Race4 .23*** .18*** .05 .09 .03 −.08 .03 —
9. SES (age 12) −.16** −.17** −.09 −.05 .04 .02 −.07 −.39*** —
10. Pubertal development (age 12) .11* .11* .02 .03 −.02 −.04 .42*** −.02 −.03 —
11. Child IQ (age 13) −.18*** −.15** −.09 −.12* −.03 −.08 −.13** −.41*** .41*** −.12* —
12. Deviant peers (age 12) .24*** .23*** .20*** .17** .15** .06 −.07 .11* −.09 .14** −.16** —
13. Permissiveness (age 13) .12* .19*** .06 .06 .07 .05 −.13** .25*** −.05 −.03 −.08 .15** —
14. Psychological control (age 13) .15** .19*** .09 .01 .02 .04 −.00 .04 .02 .03 −.11* .28*** .03 —
15. Monitoring knowledge (age 13) −.26*** −.29*** −.13** −.05 −.09 −.01 −.02 −.07 −.03 −.09* .09 −.31*** −.13** −.30*** —
16. Internalizing problems (age 12) .04 .03 −.06 −.12* −.14** −.13* .10 .05 −.11* .01 −.20*** .19*** −.00 .25*** −.12* —
17. Externalizing problems (age 12) .26*** .18*** .16** .08 .04 .06 −.13*** .35*** −.32*** −.12* −.35*** .30*** .14** .10* −.18*** .10 —
18. GPA (age 12) −.27*** −.24*** −.16** −.12* −.08 −.14** .19*** −.28*** .35*** .03 .36*** −.21 −.15** −.12* .19*** −.10 −.49*** —
Mean .64 .81 1.06 1.07 1.15 1.40 .50 .16 39.08 2.63 98.33 1.38 1.59 1.43 2.52 11.47 6.49 9.31
SD .97 1.03 1.09 .77 .88 1.02 .50 .37 13.07 .64 15.87 .38 .40 .34 .38 7.25 9.67 2.95
Range 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 11–66 1–4 48–135 1–3.71 1–3 1–2.8 1.1–3 0–36 0–53 1–13
N 450 412 438 479 461 464 527 527 451 420 430 420 429 425 429 399 415 401

Note.

1

Measured as 0 = none, 1 = 1 partner, 2 = 2 to 3 partners, and 3 = more than 3 partners in last 12 months.

2

Measured as 0 = none, 1 = 1 to 2 partners, 2 = 3 to 6 partners, and 3 = more than 6 partners in last 24 months.

3

Child gender is coded as male = 0 and female = 1.

4

Race is coded as non-African American = 0 and African American = 1.

*

p< .05,

**

p< .01,

***

p< .001.