Table 3.
Bivariate associations between sociodemographic characteristics and latent class membership, by biological sex
| Vaginal initiators/multiple behaviors | Dual initiators | Vaginal initiators/single behaviors | Postponers | Early and atypical initiators | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
|
MALES (N=5,989) | ||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity* | ||||||||||
| NH White | 39.4 | (1,304) | 41.4 | (1,414) | 4.9 | (156) | 6.4 | (222) | 7.8 | (232) |
| NH Black | 57.0 | (678) | 22.1 | (259) | 15.2 | (136) | 3.0 | (42) | 2.7 | (41) |
| Hispanic | 45.5 | (397) | 30.9 | (327) | 9.1 | (72) | 4.6 | (46) | 10.0 | (89) |
| NH Other race | 35.3 | (183) | 40.9 | (237) | 7.5 | (48) | 9.3 | (65) | 6.9 | (41) |
| Parent education* | ||||||||||
| Less than high school | 41.5 | (297) | 28.0 | (212) | 17.2 | (88) | 4.2 | (39) | 9.2 | (55) |
| High school diploma or GED | 40.2 | (607) | 38.0 | (552) | 7.0 | (106) | 5.6 | (75) | 9.3 | (126) |
| Some college or post-secondary | 43.1 | (788) | 40.8 | (701) | 4.5 | (96) | 5.5 | (111) | 6.2 | (116) |
| College degree or above | 44.1 | (870) | 37.0 | (772) | 5.9 | (122) | 7.2 | (150) | 5.9 | (106) |
| Chronological age at Wave IV* | ||||||||||
| 24 to 28 | 44.8 | (1,230) | 35.7 | (1,033) | 6.8 | (178) | 4.7 | (151) | 8.0 | (189) |
| 29 to 34 | 39.8 | (1,332) | 39.1 | (1,204) | 7.4 | (234) | 7.2 | (224) | 6.4 | (214) |
| Total | 42.4 | (2,562) | 37.3 | (2,237) | 7.1 | (412) | 5.9 | (375) | 7.3 | (403) |
|
FEMALES (N=6,205) | ||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity* | ||||||||||
| NH White | 55.5 | (1,783) | 30.1 | (1,009) | 4.6 | (167) | 5.2 | (199) | 4.6 | (146) |
| NH Black | 64.4 | (931) | 11.4 | (175) | 20.5 | (245) | 2.2 | (33) | 1.2 | (21) |
| Hispanic | 52.6 | (533) | 22.6 | (238) | 10.6 | (101) | 9.8 | (64) | 4.4 | (40) |
| NH Other race | 53.5 | (231) | 25.4 | (162) | 8.7 | (52) | 8.9 | (55) | 3.6 | (20) |
| Parent education* | ||||||||||
| Less than high school | 51.6 | (435) | 19.2 | (168) | 18.4 | (146) | 7.5 | (45) | 3.0 | (29) |
| High school diploma or GED | 59.2 | (940) | 25.0 | (382) | 8.8 | (164) | 2.8 | (64) | 4.3 | (55) |
| Some college or post-secondary | 58.6 | (1,039) | 27.0 | (466) | 5.8 | (111) | 4.4 | (77) | 4.2 | (79) |
| College degree or above | 53.9 | (1,064) | 28.5 | (568) | 5.6 | (144) | 8.2 | (165) | 3.8 | (64) |
| Chronological age at Wave IV* | ||||||||||
| 24 to 28 | 57.0 | (1,729) | 26.3 | (829) | 7.3 | (256) | 5.1 | (165) | 4.3 | (126) |
| 29 to 34 | 55.9 | (1,749) | 25.5 | (755) | 9.1 | (309) | 6.0 | (186) | 3.5 | (101) |
| Total | 56.5 | (3,478) | 26.0 | (1,584) | 8.1 | (565) | 5.5 | (351) | 4.0 | (227) |
Note: Percentages reflect row percents and are weighted to yield national population estimates.
*
Distribution of latent class membership differs significantly across categories of sociodemographic indicator, p<0.01.