Table 3.

Marginal effects of peers on early sexual debut (N = 1,873)

	Direct	Indirect	Total
Gender (male = 1)	0.013	0.979***	0.992***
Age	−0.071***	0.085***	0.015
Grade	0.021	−0.063	−0.042
White	−0.037	−0.044	−0.080***
Black	−0.037	−0.005	−0.042
Hispanic	−0.037	−0.005	−0.042
PVT score	−0.010	0.034	0.024
Attend religious services	−0.001	−0.011	−0.012
Two biological parent household	−0.064***	0.063**	−0.001
Single mother household	−0.054	−0.018	−0.073***
Mother approves of sex	0.017	−0.078**	−0.062
Mother approves birth control use	0.026***	−0.007	0.019
Mother is on welfare	−0.019	0.049	0.030***
Mother’s level of education	−0.003	−0.019	−0.022
Parent communicates about sexual activity	0.050***	−0.054***	−0.003
Parents are religious	−0.028	0.085***	0.057***

^***Significance at the 1 % level,

^**significance at the 5 % level