Table 1.

Descriptive statistics (N = 1,873)

	Full sample	Peers	Male	Female
Dependent variables
Sexual debut	0.19	0.10	0.23	0.16
Casual sex	0.56	0.37	0.55	0.57
Unprotected sex	0.65	0.60	0.28	0.21
Multiple partners	0.09	0.06	0.11	0.07
Independent variables
Gender (male = 1)	0.50	0.51
Age	15.9	15.8	16.1	15.6
Grade	10.01	9.99	10.13	9.89
White	0.58	0.60	0.58	0.58
Black	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.15
Hispanic	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.17
Attend religious services	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.46
PVT score	101.0	101.4	102.2	99.9
Two biological parent household	0.63	0.64	0.64	0.63
Single mother household	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.19
Mother approves of sex	1.67	1.64	1.82	1.53
Mother approves birth control use	2.90	2.86	3.23	2.56
Mother is on welfare	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.07
Mother’s level of education	5.41	5.45	5.44	5.38
Parent communicates about sexual activity	0.00	0.01	−0.12	0.13
Parents are religious	0.81	0.82	0.81	0.81

The summary means for the dependent variables are given the respondent has had sex