Table 1.

Weighted descriptive statistics for variables used in analysis of sexual experiences: Women ages 20–44, Chinese Health and Family Life Survey (N = 1,369)

Variables Dependent	Description	%	n
Sexually active	R reported engaging in sexual intercourse in past year	89.04	1,369
Forced sex	R reported having been forced to have sex against her will	6.65	1,338
Premarital sex	R reported having had sexual intercourse prior to marriage	12.38	1,369
Has STI	R’s urine test was positive for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or trichomonas	4.49	1,241
Independent			SD
Sex ratio	Estimated number of men ages 17–23 per 100 women ages 15–21 in R’s community when R was age 20	108.51	12.25
Education
Never attended school	R never attended school	0.11
Elementary school	R’s highest schooling is elementary school	0.29
Junior high school	R’s highest schooling is junior high school	0.40
Senior high school	R’s highest schooling is senior high school	0.15
Junior college	R’s highest schooling is junior college	0.03
University/graduate school	R’s highest schooling is university or graduate school	0.01
Birth cohort
1950	R was born 1950–1959 (1 = yes)	0.14
1960	R was born 1960–1969 (1 = yes)	0.44
1970	R was born 1970–1979 (1 = yes)	0.42
Urban residence at age 14	R resided in urban area at age 14 (1 = yes)	0.15
South/east coast	R’s community is on the south or east coast (1 = yes)	0.11
Community education	Proportion of community population with a senior high school education	0.29	0.15
Community urbanization	Proportion of community population residing in urban village or neighborhood	0.45	0.37

Note. Descriptive statistics for independent variables are taken from the largest sample (N = 1,369). Standard deviations for dummy variables are not shown. R = respondent; STI = sexually transmitted infection.