Table 1. Samples Means for Sexually Involved Respondents Aged 18-24 from NSFG and Add Health.
| Variable | NSFG Men | Add Health Men | Add Health Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Minority | White | Minority | White | Minority | |
| Race of partner | ||||||
| Minority partner | .114 | --- | .098 | --- | .114 | --- |
| White partner | --- | .161 | --- | .223 | --- | .117 * |
| Different-race minority partner | --- | .087 | --- | .077 | --- | .103 |
| Race of respondent | ||||||
| Black | --- | .392 | --- | .477 | --- | .501 |
| Hispanic | --- | .514 | --- | .405 | --- | .385 |
| Asian | --- | .094 | --- | .118 | --- | .114 |
| Age at beginning of sexual relationship | 19.425 | 19.062 | 19.410 | 18.976 | 18.955 * | 18.741 |
| Maternal education | ||||||
| Less than high school degree | .066 | .325 * | .080 | .227 | .090 | .237 |
| Only high school degree | .320 | .299 | .291 | .207 | .311 | .245 |
| Associates degree | .324 | .187 | .295 | .235 | .264 | .213 |
| Bachelor's degree | .281 | .156 | .248 | .151 | .228 | .133 |
| Missing maternal education | .009 * | .033 * | .086 | .180 | .107 | .172 |
| Foreign born | .040 * | .336 * | .010 | .146 | .013 | .155 |
| Family structure in adolescence | ||||||
| With both biological parents | .704 * | .673 * | .633 | .437 | .600 | .443 |
| Living with step & biological parents | .107 | .071 * | .148 | .142 | .148 | .111 |
| Living with a single parent | .161 | .210 * | .189 | .337 | .215 | .378 |
| Living in other arrangement | .029 | .047 | .030 | .084 | .037 | .068 |
| Never attended church in adolescence | .219 * | .129 | .140 | .095 | .108 | .073 |
| Age at first intercourse | 16.806 | 15.746 | 16.763 | 16.143 | 16.370 * | 16.270 |
| Number of previous sex partners | 5.128 | 6.965 | 5.257 | 6.094 | 4.554 | 4.232 * |
| Ever cohabited before relationship | .105 | .148 | .152 | .173 | .195 * | .170 |
| N of cases | 527 | 416 | 2,230 | 1,560 | 2,747 | 1,999 |
Notes : Estimates are weighted. Significance tests indicate whether value is signficantly different from same racial status group of Add Health men (i.e., white men or minority men) based on t-tests that take into account design effects.
*
p < .05 (two-tailed tests)