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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2013 Mar 6;53(1):85–90. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.01.004

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics Overall and by Sexual Behavior

Sample Characteristics % (n) Only Oral Sex % (n) Only Vaginal Sex % (n) Oral and Vaginal Sex % (n) Never Had Sex % (n)
Responded About:
Sexual Activity (n=497*) 10.7 (53) 4.4 (22) 16.5 (82) 68.4 (340)
Gender (n=517*)
Male 41.4 (214) 7.4 (15) 3.9 (8) 15.7 (46) 70.9 (144)
Female 58.6 (303) 12.9 (38) 4.8 (14) 17.7 (36) 66.7 (196)
Race/Ethnicity (n=518*)
White 41.3 (214) 7.4 (15) 3.9 (8) 17.7 (36) 70.9 (144)
Latino 29.3 (152) 14.0 (21) 3.3 (5) 12.7 (19) 70.0 (105)
Asian 20.9 (108) 9.8 (10) 4.9 (5) 15.7 (16) 69.6 (71)
Pacific Islander 8.5 (44) 16.3 (7) 19.3 (4) 25.6 (11) 48.8 (21)
Religiosity (n=504*)
Not at all 20.6 (104)
A little 16.8 (153)
Somewhat 19.5 (195)
Very 13.9 (70)
Mother’s Education (n=303*)**
Less than High School 15.8 (48)
High School Graduate 43.2 (131)
College Graduate 31.4 (95)
Professional-Graduate 9.6 (29)
*

For each sample characteristic, the total n differs due to participants not answering or skipping certain questions.

**

For mother’s education, 45 participants said they did not know their mother’s highest level of education; and several others skipped this question.