Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the key variables and final logistic regression model

	Correlations among communication factors and controls								Final logistic regression model predicting sexual behavior
Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	β	SE	Exp(β)
(1) Reciprocity	--								−0.10	.28	0.90
(2) Lecturing/Belittling	−.41**	--							0.62	.30	1.86*
(3) Teaching Controls	.16	−.09	--						0.55	.39	1.74
(4) Parental monitoring	.44***	−.39**	.08	--					−0.80	.62	0.45
(5) Relationship Quality	.13	−.03	.04	.34*	--
(6) Time Discussing Sex	−.08	.38**	.13	.18	.17	--
(7) Age	.04	−.10	.05	−.01	−.15	−.07	--
(8) Annual Income	.08	−.29*	.01	.15	−.03	−.03	.11	--
(10) Gender
(11) Ethnicity- Afr. Am.									.74	.96	2.09
(12) Ethnicity- White
(13) Ethnicity- Latino
M	6.01	2.23	2.08	4.14	0.00	5.00	15.8
SD	1.74	1.53	0.96	0.77	1.54	1.50	0.59

⁺p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001

Note. Controls included in the final model are those that were related to sexual intercourse in descriptive analyses. These include parental monitoring and the dummy code for African American.