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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2000 Nov;37(4):369–377. doi: 10.1080/00224490009552060

Table 2.

Decomposition of Effects

Time on own Substance use Friends selling sex Risky sexual behaviors Self-reported STDs
Family abuse
 Direct .27** .19** .19** .00 .00
 Indirect .00 .02 .03** .23** .13**
 Total .27** .22** .22** .23** .13**
Gender
 Direct −.28** −.18** .04 .25** .08*
 Indirect .00 .03 −.03** −.17** .05
 Total −.28** −.21** .07 .08 .13**
Time on own
 Direct .09 .11** .19** .00
 Indirect .00 .00 .08* .16**
 Total .09 .11** .28** .16**
Substance use
 Direct .41** .00
 Indirect .00 .23**
 Total .41** .23**
Friends selling sex
 Direct .41** .00
 Indirect .00 .23**
 Total .41** .23**
Risky sexual behaviors
 Direct .57**
 Indirect .00
 Total .57**
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01.