Table 2.

Estimation of peer effects on early sexual debut (N = 1,873)

Variable	Coefficient	SE		Coefficient	SE
Endogenous peer effect	0.135**	0.064
		Own characteristics		Contextual effects
Male		0.007	0.118	0.129	0.181
Age		−0.875***	0.105	0.154	0.101
White		−0.053	0.310	−0.320	0.361
Black		−0.126	0.338	−0.293	0.396
Hispanic		0.252	0.319	−0.635	0.407
Grade		0.202**	0.106	0.029	0.150
Attend religious services		0.275***	0.121	−0.341**	0.176
PVT score		−0.003	0.005	−0.009	0.006
Two biological parent household		−0.214	0.140	−0.447**	0.234
Single mother household		−0.148	0.166	−0.378	0.278
Mother approves of sex		0.245***	0.071	−0.072	0.120
Mother approves birth control use		0.172***	0.044	0.081	0.069
Mother is on welfare		−0.272	0.244	0.092	0.327
Mother’s level of education		−0.013	0.026	−0.017	0.039
Parent communicates about sexual activity		0.272***	0.073	0.240**	0.107
Parents are religious		−0.079	0.141	−0.196	0.238
Constant		8.836***	1.196

^***Significance at the 1 % level,

^**significance at the 5 % level