TABLE 1.

Selected characteristics of Latino youth participating in a study of sexual values and condom negotiation strategies, by gender, San Francisco Bay Area, 2003–2006

Characteristic	All (N=571)	Males (N=232)	Females (N=339)
Demographic
Age (range, 16–22)	18.44 (1.62)	18.64 (1.44)*	18.30 (1.71)
English language use (range, 1–5)	3.81 (0.87)	3.72 (0.91)*	3.88 (0.84)
% U.S.-born	76.7	78.4	75.4
Sexual values
Disrespectfulness of sexual talk (range, 0–4)	0.48 (0.73)	0.46 (0.75)	0.49 (0.72)
Importance of satisfaction of sexual needs (range, 1–4)	1.93 (0.66)	2.25 (0.64)***	1.70 (0.58)
Importance of female virginity (range, 1–4)	2.31 (0.67)	2.16 (0.60)***	2.40 (0.69)
Comfort with sexual communication (range, 1–4)	3.40 (0.46)	3.43 (0.47)	3.37 (0.45)
Sexual comfort (range, 1–4)	3.11 (0.55)	3.30 (0.52)***	2.98 (0.54)
Sexual self-acceptance (range, 1–5)	4.38 (0.69)	4.56 (0.59)***	4.26 (0.72)
Condom use strategies
Sharing risk information (range, 0–3)	1.00 (0.78)	0.95 (0.79)	1.04 (0.77)
Direct communication (range, 0–3)	1.00 (0.83)	1.43 (0.80)***	0.71 (0.71)
Condom avoidance strategies
Expressing dislike of condoms (range, 0–3)	0.63 (0.55)	0.60 (0.54)	0.66 (0.56)
Seduction (range, 0–3)	0.25 (0.57)	0.22 (0.51)	0.27 (0.61)

^*p<.05.

^***p<.001.

Notes: All values are means (with standard deviations), except for percentage U.S.-born. Sample sizes varied for measures of condom use strategies and condom avoidance strategies.