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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Q. 2010;51(3):408–435. doi: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01177.x

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables

Mean SD Range
Sex without commitment is wrong .67 .47 0, 1
Wishes women freer to have sex with as many partners as they want .19 .39 0, 1
No right or wrong when it comes to sex .18 .38 0, 1
Not ready to be serious about romantic relationships .49 .50 0, 1
Marriage is an important goal .84 .37 0, 1
Would like to meet husband in college .65 .48 0, 1
Men aren’t interested in committed relationship .60 .49 0, 1
Men at her college generally treat women with respect .84 .37 0, 1
Men are not to be trusted .20 .40 0, 1
Doesn’t expect much from men she goes out with .29 .45 0, 1
Wish men would treat her more like person, less like sex object .68 .47 0, 1
Hard to meet the right kind of guy at her college .53 .50 0, 1
Doesn’t find many men attractive as potential partners .40 .49 0, 1
Most of her relationships don’t work out .35 .48 0, 1
Can’t have a boyfriend if you won’t have sex .04 .20 0, 1
Has gone on more than six dates since entering college .40 .49 0, 1
Has had a boyfriend since entering college .79 .40 0, 1
Had sex in the last month .36 .48 0, 1
Still a virgin .42 .49 0, 1
Percent of students who are women 53.10 5.89 24.13–92.59
Freshman .30 .46 0, 1
Sophomore .22 .41 0, 1
Junior .24 .43 0, 1
Senior .24 .43 0, 1
White .86 .34 0, 1
Black .05 .22 0, 1
Asian .04 .20 0, 1
Other race .04 .21 0, 1
Religious service attendance 2.53 1.16 1 – 4
Traditionalist sex attitudes (α = .69) 9.68 2.10 3 – 12
Lives off campus .45 .50 0, 1
Campus in Northeast .18 .39 0, 1
Campus has 5,000 or fewer undergrads .18 .38 0, 1
Greek life .89 .31 0, 1
Public college .73 .44 0, 1
Private college .17 .38 0, 1
Conservative Protestant college .09 .29 0, 1
Attitudes toward campus men (α = .72) 16.18 3.76 7 – 27
Has a current boyfriend .48 .50 0, 1
Past boyfriend in college .32 .46 0, 1
Number of dates since entering college 2.94 1.07 1 – 4

Note: N = 986.