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. 2012 Jun;102(6):1221–1228. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300394

TABLE 2—

Weighted Percentages of Respondents Who Reported by Age 18 Years No Sexual Activity, 1 of the 3 Types of Sexual Intercourse First, or 2 or 3 Sexual Behaviors Initiated at the Same Age, by Sociodemographic Characteristics: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 2008

Sociodemographic Characteristics No Sexual Activity, % (No.) Oral-Genital Intercourse First, % (No.) Vaginal Intercourse First, % (No.) Anal Intercourse First, % (No.) First 2 or 3 Behaviors Reported at Same Age, % (No.)
Total 19.2 (2766) 14.7 (1829) 33.3 (4901) 0.3 (41) 32.6 (4298)
Biological sex
 Male 19.3 (1300) 18.3 (1104) 23.6 (1643) 0.4 (23) 38.4 (2434)
 Female 19.0 (1466) 11.0 (725) 43.3 (3258) 0.2 (18) 26.6 (1864)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 18.9 (1464) 17.7 (1279) 26.5 (2018) 0.2 (16) 36.7 (2717)
 Non-Hispanic Black 14.5 (422) 6.8 (206) 61.7 (1780) 0.4 (13) 16.6 (498)
 Hispanic 21.9 (483) 10.3 (217) 37.9 (805) 0.3 (—) 29.7 (667)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 38.0 (335) 6.7 (74) 22.5 (166) 0.2 (—) 32.6 (294)
 Non-Hispanic American Indian 17.9 (37) 16.5 (37) 33.1 (91) 0.0 (0) 32.6 (84)
 Non-Hispanic other race 18.6 (25) 13.3 (16) 26.4 (41) 0.0 (0) 41.7 (38)
Family structure
 2 biological parents 23.6 (1866) 16.7 (1073) 26.1 (2105) 0.1 (10) 33.5 (2361)
 Other 2 parent 12.4 (323) 13.0 (332) 39.0 (993) 0.3 (10) 35.3 (866)
 Single mom 15.1 (461) 12.6 (313) 43.5 (1326) 0.6 (18) 28.3 (781)
 Single dad 15.5 (59) 11.9 (59) 36.6 (142) 0.0 (0) 36.0 (136)
 Other 10.9 (57) 8.2 (52) 52.7 (335) 0.5 (—) 27.7 (154)
Parent education
 < high school 20.4 (362) 8.8 (136) 43.8 (770) 0.3 (—) 26.7 (447)
 High-school diploma or general equivalency diploma 13.9 (529) 11.8 (388) 40.1 (1441) 0.3 (13) 33.9 (1112)
 Some college 18.1 (721) 13.9 (500) 33.5 (1472) 0.2 (—) 34.4 (1347)
 ≥ College graduate 24.5 (1154) 20.3 (805) 22.9 (1218) 0.3 (12) 32.0 (1392)
Pubertal timing
 Early 15.1 (880) 14.6 (743) 35.0 (2028) 0.3 (13) 35.0 (1853)
 Typical 20.9 (1195) 16.0 (760) 30.6 (1800) 0.3 (19) 32.2 (1644)
 Late 24.1 (691) 12.3 (326) 34.9 (1073) 0.2 (—) 28.5 (801)
Age, y
 24–29 18.0 (1785) 15.8 (1333) 33.4 (3315) 0.2 (26) 32.6 (2940)
 ≥ 30 22.0 (981) 12.1 (496) 33.1 (1586) 0.4 (15) 32.5 (1358)

Note. Dash indicates that cell size is too small to be displayed. Percentages reflect row percents. Bivariate tests and multivariate modeling were not conducted because of the small cell sizes for some combinations. The sample size was n = 13 835.