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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Open J Prev Med. 2014 Jun 1;4(6):387–395. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2014.46046

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and bivariate analyses of sexual risk variables.

Variable Total Virgin Used Alcohol or Drugs Prior to Last Intercourse Used Condom during Last Intercourse

N (%) or M (SD) No
N (%) or M (SD)
Yes
N (%) or M (SD)
p No
N (%) or M (SD)
Yes
N (%) or M (SD)
p No
N (%) or M (SD)
Yes
N (%) or M (SD)
p
Sociodemographics
Age (SD) 23.54 (7.20) 24.13 (7.40) 20.40 (3.99) <0.001 24.19 (7.50) 23.86 (6.91) 0.310 26.03 (5.80) 25.71 (8.45) <0.001
Gender (%) 0.010 <0.001 <0.001
Male 1035 (28.7) 1035 (27.9) 259 (32.0) 796 (25.8) 239 (38.2) 576 (30.8) 459 (25.0)
Female 3220 (71.3) 2670 (72.1) 550 (68.0) 2284 (74.2) 386 (61.8) 1296 (69.2) 1374 (75.0)
Race (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
White 2056 (45.5) 1733 (46.8) 323 (39.9) 1378 (44.7) 355 (56.8) 752 (40.2) 981 (53.5)
Black 1766 (39.1) 1463 (39.5) 303 (37.5) 1276 (41.4) 187 (29.9) 860 (45.9) 603 (32.9)
Other 692 (15.3) 509 (13.7) 183(22.6) 426 (13.8) 83 (13.3) 260 (13.9) 249 (13.6)
School Type (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Four-year 2805 (62.1) 2171 (58.6) 634 (78.4) 1767 (57.4) 404 (64.6) 1251 (66.8) 920 (50.2)
Two-year 1709 (37.9) 1534 (41.4) 175 (21.6) 1313 (42.6) 221 (35.4) 621 (33.2) 913 (49.8)
Relationship Status (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Single/Never Married 3337 (73.9) 2546 (68.7) 791 (97.8) 2070 (67.2) 476 (76.2) 1551 (82.9) 995 (54.3)
Other 1177 (26.1) 1159 (31.3) 18 (2.2) 1010 (32.8) 149 (23.8) 321 (17.1) 838 (45.7)
Sexual Orientation (%) 0.021 <0.001 0.020
Heterosexual 4218 (93.4) 3447 (93.0) 771 (95.3) 2899 (94.1) 548 (87.7) 1758 (93.9) 1689 (92.1)
Homosexual 131 (2.9) 110 (3.0) 21 (2.6) 84 (2.7) 26 (4.2) 42 (2.2) 68 (3.7)
Bisexual 165 (3.7) 148 (4.0) 17 (2.1) 97 (3.1) 51 (8.2) 72 (3.8) 76 (3.8)
Psychosocial Risk Factors
No. Partners in Lifetime (SD) 6.58 (13.25) 8.01 (14.23) -- <0.001 7.10 (12.40) 12.52(20.48) <0.001 6.76 (10.97) 9.29 (16.83) 0.471
No. Partners, Past 12 Months (SD) 3.27 (5.16) 1.84 (4.11) -- <0.001 1.68 (3.93) 2.65 (4.83) <0.001 2.04 (5.48) 1.64 (1.84) 0.131
Satisfaction with Life (SD) 22.20 (7.50) 22.08 (7.48) 22.81 (7.55) 0.022 22.28 (7.44) 21.03 (7.61) <0.001 22.37 (7.36) 21.77 (7.60) 0.022
Sensation Seeking (SD) 3.32 (0.90) 3.34 (0.89) 3.22 (0.92) 0.001 3.30 (0.89) 3.58 (0.86) <0.001 3.38 (0.87) 3.31 (0.91) 0.031
Religious Services Attendance (SD) 3.01 (1.48) 2.90 (1.45) 3.46 (1.48) <0.001 2.98 (1.46) 2.52 (1.38) <0.001 2.98 (1.42) 2.83 (1.49) 0.004
Substance Use Risk Factors
Past 30-Day:
Cigarette Use (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
No 3364 (76.3) 2635 (72.8) 729 (92.5) 2333 (77.4) 302 (49.8) 1382 (75.9) 1253 (69.6)
Yes 1045 (23.7) 986 (27.2) 59 (7.5) 682 (22.6) 304 (50.2) 440 (24.1) 546 (30.4)
Marijuana Use (%) <0.001 <0.001 0.062
No 3771 (86.3) 3028 (84.4) 743 (94.5) 2671 (89.5) 357 (59.3) 1540 (85.4) 1488 (83.5)
Yes 601 (13.7) 558 (15.6) 43 (5.5) 313 (10.5) 245 (40.7) 263 (14.6) 295 (16.5)
High Risk Drinking (%) <0.001 <0.001 0.132
No 3497 (77.5) 2766 (74.7) 731 (90.4) 2498 (81.1) 268 (42.9) 1413 (75.5) 1353 (73.8)
Yes 1017 (22.5) 939 (25.3) 78 (9.6) 582 (18.9) 357 (57.1) 459 (24.5) 480 (26.2)
No. Days Drinking Alcohol (SD) 3.27 (5.16) 3.71 (5.43) 1.29 (3.02) 0.001 2.85 (4.60) 7.96 (6.97) <0.001 3.45 (5.08) 3.98 (5.76) 0.181