Table 2.

Sexual debut and expectation of tertiary education: univariate associations with other expectations, psychosocial factors and risk behaviours.

		Wave first reported	Sexual debut (N = 5061)				Expectation of tertiary education (N = 5061)				Participation in tertiary education (N = 2130)
			Yes (wave 1)	Yes (wave 2)	No both waves	p	No (wave 1)	No (wave 2)	Yes both waves	p	No (Wave 3)	Yes (wave 3)	p
			Column%	Column%	Column%		Column%	Column%	Column%		Column%	Column%
Pregnancy/partner pregnancy		Wave 2	17	6	N/A	***	5	8	3	***	7	3	**
		Wave 3	33	15	N/A	***	13	14	3	***	15	4	***
Early school leaving		Wave 2	49	31	14	***	35	36	13	***	47	15	***
		Wave 3	84	69	36	***	73	73	33	***	81	33	***
Expectations of early transitiona	Expect job	Wave 1	45	43	37	***	50	46	33	***	46	33
		Wave 2	24	19	13		21	25	11		24	12
		Not reported either wave	31	37	50		30	28	56		30	54
	Expect cohabitation	Wave 1	48	33	20	***	37	34	21	***	36	24	***
		Wave 2	10	12	4		8	8	7		10	6
		Not reported either wave	41	55	76		56	58	72		54	70
	Expect child	Wave 1	23	12	7	***	16	17	7	***	16	7	***
		Wave 2	5	4	1		3	4	1		2	1
		Not reported either wave	72	84	92		80	79	92		82	91
Other risk behavioursb	Regular cigarette smoking	Wave 1	42	14	4	***	17	16	8	***	18	10	***
		Wave 2	18	25	8		16	19	12		24	9
		Not reported either wave	40	62	88		67	65	81		59	81
	Regular drunkenness	Wave 1	50	17	6	***	21	21	10	***	19	11	***
		Wave 2	22	34	13		23	26	18		25	17
		Not reported either wave	28	49	81		56	53	72		56	72
	Regular cannabis use	Wave 1	11	3	1	***	3	6	2	***	4	2	*
		Wave 2	10	8	2		6	6	4		6	4
		Not reported either wave	78	89	97		91	88	94		91	94
Psychosocial factorsbc	Not religious	Wave 1	74	73	63	***	75	72	61	***	72	65	***
		Wave 2	15	13	12		13	14	12		14	12
		Not reported either wave	11	14	25		13	14	26		15	22
	Low self-esteem	Wave 1	47	41	37	***	42	43	37	**	48	39	***
		Wave 2	9	11	12		10	10	13		12	12
		Not reported either wave	45	48	50		48	46	50		40	49
	Low parental monitoring	Wave 1	58	42	31	***	50	43	29	***	49	31	***
		Wave 2	15	14	9		12	14	10		13	11
		Not reported either wave	28	44	60		39	42	61		38	58
	Most friends left school	Wave 1	16	6	3	***	9	7	4	***	8	4	***
		Wave 2	37	28	10		26	26	13		30	14
		Not reported either wave	46	66	86		66	67	83		62	82
	High spending money	Wave 1	61	50	34	***	45	48	39	***	43	41	*
		Wave 2	23	20	16		19	20	17		22	16
		Not reported either wave	16	30	50		36	32	44		35	43
	Current boy/girlfriend	Wave 1	57	31	11	***	27	30	20	***	32	19	***
		Wave 2	20	35	12		20	21	18		24	18
		Not reported either wave	23	34	77		53	48	62		44	63

Note: Percentages are weighted values. N/A = Not applicable.

^aBinary expectations contrast ‘very likely/likely’ with rest.

^bRegular drunkenness denotes drunk once a week or more often, p values show results of Chi-square tests on univariate associations with outcome.

^cReligiosity contrasts not/not at all religious; self esteem and parental monitoring contrast lowest tertile of scores with rest; friends left school contrasts responses including half or more with remainder; high spending money contrasts those in top 50% of scores with rest.