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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Nov 13;44(4):873–883. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0414-z

Table 5.

Predictors of Agreement between categorical and continuous questions about first and last sex with most recent partner (Partner 1) among sexually active female online daters in the US, 2007–2012

First sex with most recent
partner
Last sex with most recent
partner
N Odds Ratio (95% CI) N Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age (years) 613 580
  18–24 Ref Ref
  25–29 1.07 (0.65, 1.75) 1.07 (0.58, 1.97)
  30–39 0.84 (0.51, 1.39) 1.53 (0.77, 3.04)
  40–65 0.61 (0.36, 1.04) 1.07 (0.53, 2.15)
Marital Status 607 574
  Unmarried Ref Ref
  Unmarried, living with a partner 0.90 (0.54, 1.49) 1.73 (0.80, 3.76)
  Married 0.63 (0.36, 1.10) 1.96 (0.76, 5.10)
  Separated 0.71 (0.28, 1.78) 0.57 (0.18, 1.81)
Lifetime Sex Partners 599 567
  1–4 Ref Ref
  5–7 0.82 (0.46, 1.45) 0.76 (0.35, 1.66)
  8–12 1.42 (0.78, 2.60) 0.99 (0.45, 2.20)
  13–22 0.95 (0.53, 1.70) 1.02 (0.45, 2.32)
  23+ 0.74 (0.42, 1.31) 0.72 (0.34, 1.56)
Thought partner had other concurrent sex partners 594 562
  No Ref Ref
  Yes 0.96 (0.62, 1.49) 0.53 (0.31, 0.92)
  Don’t know 0.70 (0.44, 1.12) 0.54 (0.28, 1.02)
Number of male sex partners in past 12 months 561 535
  1 Ref Ref
  2 or more 1.12 (0.77, 1.64) 0.68 (0.41, 1.14)
Type of Sex Partner 600 570
  Regular Ref Ref
  Casual 1.61 (1.02, 2.52) 0.49 (0.30, 0.82)
Met partner online 611 578
  No Ref Ref
  Yes 0.74 (0.51, 1.07) 0.75 (0.46, 1.22)