Table 5.

Marginal effect of peers on casual sex (N = 1,873)

	Direct	Indirect	Total
Male	0.0293	−0.6380***	−0.6086***
Age	0.0174	0.0143	0.0317
White	−0.0424	0.0611	0.0188
Black	0.0171	−0.0628	−0.0457
Hispanic	−0.0953**	0.1137**	0.0184
Grade	0.0115	−0.1143**	−0.1028**
Attend religious services	−0.0139	0.0263	0.0124
PVT score	−0.0021	−0.0129	−0.0150
Two biological parent household	−0.1018**	0.0996**	−0.0023
Single mother household	−0.1189**	0.0092	−0.1098**
Mother approves of sex	0.0869***	−0.2150***	−0.1281**
Mother approves birth control use	0.0522***	0.0415	0.0937***
Mother is on welfare	0.0120	0.0443	0.0563***
Mother’s level of education	−0.0025	0.0157	0.0132
Parent communicates about sexual activity	0.0849***	−0.0876***	−0.0027
Parents are religious	0.0306	0.0611	0.0916***

^***Significance at the 1 % level,

^**significance at the 5 % level