Table 1.
Adolescents’ Technology-Based Sexual Communication with Dating Partners
| Full Sample |
Boys | Girls | Whites | Non-Whites | Between Group Comparisons |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (A-B) | (C-D) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | χ2 | |
| Individual Communication Topics | |||||||
| Using Condoms | 68 (39%) | 34 (37%) | 34 (41%) | 36 (33%) | 26 (51%) | 0.31 | 4.54* |
| Using Other Forms of Birth Control | 60 (34%) | 28 (30%) | 32 (38%) | 30 (27%) | 25 (47%) | 0.94 | 6.14* |
| STIs | 43 (24%) | 17 (19%) | 26 (31%) | 21 (19%) | 19 (36%) | 3.40+ | 5.42* |
| HIV/AIDS | 35 (20%) | 12 (13%) | 23 (27%) | 16 (15%) | 16 (30%) | 5.01* | 6.05* |
| Risk of Pregnancy | 62 (35%) | 25 (27%) | 37 (44%) | 31 (28%) | 26 (49%) | 5.25* | 6.85* |
| Sexual Limits | 74 (42%) | 31 (34%) | 43 (51%) | 40 (36%) | 28 (53%) | 4.73* | 3.64+ |
| Across Communication Topics | |||||||
| Discussed At Least One Topic | 86 (49%) | 40 (44%) | 46 (55%) | 48 (44%) | 32 (60%) | 2.04 | 4.01* |
| Discussed All Six Topics | 30 (17%) | 10 (11%) | 20 (24%) | 14 (13%) | 14 (26%) | 5.06* | 4.71* |
Note. n (%) = number and percentage of youth who have used private electronic communication to discuss each sexual topic with a dating partner. Sample size for each group: Full Sample n=176, Boys n=92, Girls n=84, Whites n=110, Non-Whites n=53.
+
p < .10;
*
p < .05