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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 2.

Odds Ratios from Logit Regression Models Predicting College Women’s Agreement With Statements about Sex and Committed Relationships

Sex without commitment is wrong Wishes women were freer to have sex with as many partners as they want No right or wrong when it comes to sex Not ready to be serious about relationships Marriage is very important goal Would like to meet husband in college
Campus percent women .984 1.010 .989 1.001 .994 .998
Individual Characteristics
Sophomore .717 .911 1.201 .908 1.642 1.011
Junior .637+ 1.476 1.291 .580* 1.057 1.338
Senior .476** 1.456 1.284 .768 .860 .508**
Black .673 2.505** 1.867+ 1.274 .746 .804
Asian 1.274 .196* .597 3.179** .947 .758
Other race .469+ 1.823 2.452* 1.454 .630 1.125
Religious service attendance 1.824*** .590*** .684*** 1.113 1.448*** 1.144
Campus Characteristics
Campus in Northeast .701 1.480 1.599 1.450+ .888 .977
Campus has <= 5,000 students 1.026 .661 1.081 1.316 .449* .643
Greek life .498+ .988 1.225 1.966** .302** .841
Private college .520+ 1.964 .677 1.235 .436* .903
Conservative Protestant college .962 .564 .178 2.407** .518 2.445*
College acceptance rate 1.005 1.003 1.005 1.001 1.006 .994
Percent residential students 1.002 .990 1.008 .992 1.021** 1.002
Model Fit Statistics
−2 log likelihood 1113.973 877.781 858.410 1326.086 820.720 1101.501
Pseudo R-square .114 .092 .070 .030 .064 .044
+

p < .10

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

Notes: Reference groups are freshman, White, and public college. Data are weighted to reflect the regional distribution of college students. Standard errors are adjusted to account for clustering within colleges. N = 986.