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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 8.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2009 Sep;41(3):181–190. doi: 10.1363/4118109

TABLE 4.

Logistic Regression Using Positive Relationship Qualities to Predict Consistent Condom Use Among Teens in Sexually Active Dating Relationships

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
OR OR OR OR
Intercept 3.41 6.83 5.73 11.76
Positive Relationship Qualities§
  Intimate Self Disclosure 0.89*
  Enmeshment 0.75*
  Passionate Love 0.89*
  Relationship Salience 0.67*
Relationship Demographics
 Relationship is Current (vs. Ended) 2.00 1.76 2.01 1.97
 Duration (Est. in Weeks) 0.99* 0.99 0.99* 0.99
 Age Asymmetry 1.18 1.13 1.28 1.31
 Racial/Ethnic Asymmetry 1.36 1.42 1.38 1.42
 School Asymmetry 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.70
 Sexual Experience Asymmetry 1.17 1.07 1.11 1.12
Respondent’s Sociodemographic Characteristics
 Age 1.00 0.97 0.98 0.96
 Gender (Female) 0.56 0.53* 0.53* 0.58
 Race Ethnicity:
  Hispanic 0.73 0.77 0.82 0.76
  Non-Hispanic White - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Non-Hispanic Black 1.30 1.47 1.41 1.36
  Non-Hispanic Other 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.31
 Family Structure:
  Single Parent 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.70
  Two Biological Parents - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Stepfamily 0.51 0.49 0.45 0.54
  Other Living Situation 0.42 0.49 0.39* 0.44
 Parent’s Education:
  Less than High School 0.70 0.73 0.65 0.67
  High School - - - - - - - - - - - -
  >High School, No 4-Year Degree 0.50* 0.48* 0.47* 0.48*
  4-Year College Degree+ 0.40* 0.40* 0.39* 0.38*
 Parental Monitoring 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98
 Parental Communication Re. Sex 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.02
 Self-Esteem 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.95
 Grades 1.06 1.07 1.06 1.05
 Virgin Before This Relationship 1.26 1.30 1.32 1.32
 Delinquency 0.95** 0.95** 0.95* 0.95**

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001

§

All qualities are coded so that higher scores indicate more of that quality.

Source: Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study Wave 1, N=269