Table 2.
Sample characteristics, by biological sex and sexual experience
| Overall | Males | Females | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First experience after age 18 (n = 2,205) |
No experience by Wave IV (n = 269) |
First experience after age 18 (n = 1,038) |
No experience by Wave IV (n = 134) |
First experience after age 18 (n = 1,167) |
No experience by Wave IV (n = 135) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicityb | ||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,200 | 67.6 | 131 | 63.4 | 607 | 71.8 | 58 | 58.1 | 593 | 63.2 | 73 | 69.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 313 | 10.3 | 54 | 12.4 | 120 | 9.3 | 28 | 16.3 | 193 | 11.3 | 26 | 7.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 256 | 6.3 | 36 | 6.6 | 134 | 6.0 | 26 | 11.5 | 122 | 6.6 | 10 | 1.2 |
| Hispanic (any race) | 387 | 12.6 | 41 | 14.5 | 149 | 9.3 | 20 | 13.4 | 238 | 16.0 | 21 | 15.8 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 49 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.1 | 28 | 3.6 | -- | < .1 | 21 | 2.8 | 5 | 5.8 |
| Parental education | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 282 | 12.7 | 28 | 7.1 | 117 | 11.4 | 16 | 10.3 | 165 | 13.9 | 12 | 3.5 |
| High school diploma/GED | 401 | 18.2 | 52 | 27.9 | 184 | 18.5 | 34 | 35.2 | 217 | 17.9 | 18 | 19.6 |
| Some college | 582 | 28.0 | 73 | 27.9 | 301 | 29.4 | 32 | 26.4 | 281 | 26.5 | 41 | 29.6 |
| College graduate | 940 | 41.2 | 116 | 37.1 | 436 | 40.7 | 52 | 28.0 | 504 | 41.7 | 64 | 47.2 |
| Biosocial characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Cognitive performancea,b | ||||||||||||
| < 85 | 348 | 13.6 | 56 | 29.9 | 129 | 11.1 | 32 | 31.1 | 219 | 16.1 | 24 | 28.7 |
| 85–99 | 531 | 24.5 | 64 | 21.6 | 239 | 24.9 | 33 | 24.7 | 292 | 24.0 | 31 | 18.1 |
| 100–114 | 783 | 36.7 | 81 | 27.9 | 399 | 38.6 | 35 | 26.9 | 384 | 34.7 | 46 | 29.0 |
| >114 | 543 | 25.3 | 68 | 20.6 | 271 | 25.4 | 34 | 17.4 | 272 | 25.2 | 34 | 24.3 |
| Has a physical disability | 57 | 2.4 | 12 | 4.1 | 26 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.6 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 4.6 |
| Pubertal timingb | ||||||||||||
| Early | 695 | 32.1 | 77 | 27.0 | 349 | 34.7 | 34 | 20.1 | 346 | 29.5 | 43 | 34.9 |
| Typical | 963 | 43.7 | 115 | 37.9 | 428 | 40.6 | 56 | 31.5 | 535 | 46.9 | 59 | 45.0 |
| Late | 547 | 24.1 | 77 | 35.1 | 261 | 24.7 | 44 | 48.4 | 286 | 23.6 | 33 | 20.2 |
| BMIa,b,c | ||||||||||||
| Underweight | 87 | 3.8 | 19 | 6.5 | 56 | 4.9 | 14 | 10.0 | 31 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Healthy | 1520 | 66.9 | 158 | 50.0 | 668 | 63.5 | 78 | 49.1 | 852 | 70.4 | 80 | 51.0 |
| Overweight | 302 | 15.0 | 36 | 15.4 | 145 | 14.8 | 14 | 9.5 | 157 | 15.2 | 22 | 21.9 |
| Obese | 296 | 14.4 | 56 | 28.1 | 169 | 16.9 | 28 | 31.4 | 127 | 11.8 | 28 | 24.5 |
| Physical attractivenessa,c | ||||||||||||
| Very unattractive | 64 | 2.6 | 7 | 2.1 | 26 | 2.4 | -- | < 2.0 | 38 | 2.7 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Unattractive | 103 | 4.8 | 22 | 9.1 | 49 | 5.1 | 13 | 10.5 | 54 | 4.5 | 9 | 7.6 |
| Average | 1,084 | 49.9 | 167 | 68.3 | 597 | 54.9 | 80 | 64.7 | 487 | 44.7 | 87 | 72.4 |
| Attractive | 783 | 36.1 | 69 | 18.9 | 319 | 34.0 | 37 | 22.2 | 464 | 38.3 | 32 | 15.2 |
| Very attractive | 171 | 6.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 47 | 3.6 | -- | < 2.0 | 124 | 9.8 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Behavioral characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Religious service attendance (at least weekly) | 1,151 | 52.1 | 148 | 51.0 | 494 | 47.8 | 66 | 37.4 | 657 | 56.4 | 82 | 66.4 |
| Cigarette use (past 30 days) | 211 | 9.8 | 20 | 7.3 | 120 | 11.4 | 15 | 10.2 | 91 | 8.2 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Alcohol use (past 12 mo)a,b | 653 | 28.3 | 41 | 14.3 | 335 | 31.3 | 22 | 12.5 | 318 | 25.3 | 19 | 16.4 |
| Binge drinking (past 12 mo)b | 256 | 11.3 | 12 | 6.6 | 156 | 13.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 100 | 8.6 | 6 | 18.8 |
| Marijuana use (past 30 days) | 84 | 4.2 | 11 | 2.8 | 59 | 5.5 | 5 | 2.4 | 25 | 3.0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Sexual non-attraction (ever)a,b,c | 360 | 16.5 | 96 | 48.1 | 171 | 16.3 | 47 | 48.6 | 189 | 16.7 | 49 | 47.4 |
Note: Percentages were weighted to yield nationally representative estimates. Dashes (--) indicate cell sizes too small to report.
a
statistically significant (p < .05) difference for overall sample on design-based F test
b
statistically significant (p < .05) difference among males on design-based F test
c
statistically significant (p < .05) difference among females on design-based F test