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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Stud. 2011 May 1;14(3):315–339. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2010.522562

Table 5.

Coercive sex experience of adolescents who had had sexual intercourse by sex and educational group.

All Males Females

Total
(n=850)
Group
Oa
(n=193)
Group
V
(n=275)
Group
G
(n=93)
Total
(n=561)
Group
O
(n=89)
Group
V
(n=132)
Group
G
(n=68)
Total
(n=289)
Total
(standardized) ^

% % % % % % % % % %

Ever forced
physically or
psychologically to
have intercourse
against will *
14.7 10.9 9.1 3.2 8.8 33.7 22.0 25.0 26.4 26.5
Sex partner first
time had
intercourse against
will +
(n=124) (n=21) (n=25) (n=3) (n=49) (n=30) (n=28) (n=17) (n=75)
Boyfriend/girlfriend 61.0 52.4 58.3 66.7 56.3 43.3 82.1 70.6 64.0 66.8
 Other friend 11.4 19.0 12.5 0.0 14.6 13.3 0.0 17.6 9.3 7.5
 Acquaintance 17.9 14.3 16.7 0.0 14.6 36.7 7.1 11.8 20.0 18.1
 Stranger 6.5 4.8 12.5 33.3 10.4 3.3 7.1 0.0 4.0 4.6
 Other 3.3 9.5 0.0 0.0 4.2 3.3 3.6 0.0 2.7 2.9
Was first time ever
had intercourse
67.7 66.7 60.0 66.7 63.3 63.3 82.1 64.7 70.7 72.7
Condom used on
that occasion
49.2 57.1 64.0 66.7 61.2 56.7 28.6 35.3 41.3 39.4
a

Group O=Out-of-school; Group V=Vocational school; Group G=General school/university

*

Chi-square statistic between males and females significant at 0.05 level.

+

Chi-square statistic between educational groups of females significant at 0.05 level.

^

Standardized to male distribution by educational group.