Table 2.

Zero-order and Full Model Predicting Number of Lifetime Sex Partners for Adolescent Girls

	Zero-Order		Full-Model
	B	p	B	p
Intercept			0.05
Independent Variables
Social Deficit
Self-Esteem	− 0.01		0.00
Unpopular with females	0.29		− 0.09
Wish for more friends	− 0.01		0.09
Social Network
Friends’ liberal attitudes	0.28	***	0.13	***
Number of friends having sex	0.63	***	0.47	***
Flirty	0.13		0.02
Sexy	0.20	*	0.00
Controls
Grades	0.84	***	0.69	*
Involved in school activities	− 0.23	***	− 0.17	*
Age (White)	0.40	***	− 0.19
Black	0.06		− 0.46
Hispanic	0.29		− 0.05
Other Race	− 0.16		− 0.29
Neighborhood Poverty (Two Biological Parents)	0.00		0.00
Single Parent	0.79	**	0.38
Step Family	0.12		0.01
Other Family (Mother High School Grad)	0.02		− 0.03
Mother Less than High School	0.51		0.14
Mother Some College	0.24		0.35
Mother College	0.02		0.30
R2			0.24

Note: N=600

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01

^*p<.05

Source: Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study