Table 5.

Associations between various characteristics and premarital sex and high-risk sexual behaviors

	Premarital sex		Casual relationships		Multiple sex partners		Pregnancy
	( n = 1117)		(n = 1120)		(n = 1125)		(n =1124 )
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.17***	1.09-1.25	1.20	0.93-1.49	0.89	0.78-1.02	1.15	0.98-1.35
Gender	0.74*	0.55-0.99	0.42	0.12-1.41	0.50	0.23-1.05	0.84	0.39-1.82
Immigration status
No	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.61*	0.41-0.90	3.24*	1.12-9.31	2.58*	1.13-5.92	1.92	0.76-4.86
Education
Junior high or lower	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Senior high	0.43***	0.29-0.62	0.22	0.05-1.02	0.38*	0.16-0.88	0.17**	0.05-0.59
College or higher	0.50***	0.33-0.75	0.19*	0.04-0.84	0.50	0.21-1.19	0.23**	0.08-0.65
Marital status of parents
Married	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Divorced	1.60*	1.00-2.55	0.80	0.19-3.32	0.50	0.16-1.36	1.06	0.34-3.29
Deceased	0.86	0.49-1.51	1.02	0.22-4.65	1.37	0.50-3.71	0.54	0.12-2.48
Studying status
In school	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Out of school	1.89**	1.26-2.83	0.31	0.06-1.62	1.07	0.39-2.92	2.38	-
Family life satisfaction
Very satisfied	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Satisfied	1.14	0.77-1.68	0.43	0.11-1.67	1.13	0.47-2.71	1.61	0.52-5.01
Less than satisfied	1.21	0.78-1.90	0.84	0.21-3.29	1.80	0.70-4.66	1.27	0.36-4.42
Sex-related knowledge	1.01	0.95-1.08	0.99	0.82-1.19	1.02	0.89-1.15	1.27	0.98-1.64
Attitudes toward high-risk sexual behaviors
Not accept	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Neutral	0.98	0.54-1.79	1.88	0.48-7.26	3.43*	1.24-9.45	0.82	0.19-3.42
Accept	6.70***	4.10-10.96	3.36*	1.15-9.80	9.75***	4.15-22.90	1.98	0.76-5.15

Note: Attitudes towards high-risk sexual behavior in the regression model corresponded with a particular sexual behavior. For example, attitudes toward premarital sex were used to predict premarital sex, and attitudes toward compensated dating with sex were used to predict casual sex relationships.

*p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001.