Table 2. Length of Acquaintance / Romance Before Sex by Race of Repondent and Partner: Respondents from Add Health.
| Racial Group | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted Ns for Two Measures | Time Knew Partner Before Having Sex | Months of Romance Before Sex | Unweighted Ns for Two Measures | Time Knew Partner Before Having Sex | Months of Romance Before Sex | |||
| Less Than One Month | A Year or Longer | Less Than One Month | A Year or Longer | |||||
| White Respondents | ||||||||
| Partner of any race | 2358 / 1997 | 0.435 | 0.191 | 2.013 | 2870 / 2550 | 0.338 | 0.220 | 2.230 |
| Minority partner | 230 / 196 | 0.513 * | 0.117 * | 1.233 * | 357 / 302 | 0.375 | 0.191 | 1.959 |
| White partner | 2128 / 1801 | 0.427 | 0.199 | 2.100 | 2513 / 2248 | 0.334 | 0.224 | 2.263 |
| Black Respondents | ||||||||
| Partner of any race | 706 / 619 | 0.432 | 0.209 | 1.907 | 1059 / 909 | 0.269 | 0.303 | 1.993 |
| White partner | 84 / 68 | 0.531 | 0.131 | 2.078 | 32 / 27 | 0.499 * | 0.104 * | 2.212 |
| Different-race minority partner | 66 / 62 | 0.471 | 0.126 | 1.874 | 53 / 44 | 0.386 | 0.228 | 1.254 |
| Black partner | 556 / 489 | 0.413 | 0.231 | 1.887 | 974 / 838 | 0.257 | 0.312 | 2.018 |
| Hispanic Respondents | ||||||||
| Partner of any race | 670 / 584 | 0.371 | 0.217 | 2.382 | 750 / 696 | 0.308 | 0.244 | 2.554 |
| White partner | 194 / 171 | 0.367 | 0.211 | 2.604 | 130 / 115 | 0.344 | 0.216 | 1.883 |
| Different-race minority partner | 52 / 39 | 0.166 | 0.297 | 2.446 | 654 / 607 | 0.294 | 0.256 | 2.728 |
| Hispanic partner | 424 / 374 | 0.390 | 0.214 | 2.259 | 524 / 492 | 0.278 | 0.269 | 2.965 |
| Asian Respondents | ||||||||
| Partner of any race | 277 / 253 | 0.321 | 0.227 | 3.017 | 314 / 283 | 0.221 | 0.231 | 3.188 |
| White partner | 61 / 51 | 0.379 | 0.336 | 2.607 | 75 / 64 | 0.246 | 0.200 | 2.322 |
| Different-race minority partner | 25 / 22 | 0.625 * | 0.006 * | 1.507 | 96 / 89 | 0.387 | 0.173 | 1.502 |
| Asian partner | 191 / 180 | 0.273 | 0.211 | 3.293 | 184/ 170 | 0.195 | 0.261 | 3.403 |
Notes : Estimates are weighted. Significance tests indicate whether value is signficantly different from same-race partner based on t-tests that take into account design effects. Months of romance before sex are computed for respondents who report having a romantic relationship.