Table 7.

Marginal effect (total effects) of peers on multiple partners (N = 1,873)

Variable	Own characteristics		Contextual effects
	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Male	0.0150**	0.007	0.0003	0.003
Age	−0.0054	0.004	0.0015	0.002
White	0.0091	0.005	−0.0071	0.005
Black	0.0070	0.012	−0.0054	0.006
Hispanic	0.0101	0.019	−0.0107	0.006
Grade	0.0360	0.026	−0.0016	0.002
Attend religious services	0.0003	0.006	0.0020	0.003
PVT score	−0.0003	0.0003	0.000003	0.0001
Two biological parent household	−0.0186**	0.009	−0.0042	0.004
Single mother household	−0.0108	0.006	−0.0038	0.005
Mother approves of sex	0.0048	0.003	−0.0001	0.002
Mother approves birth control use	0.0031	0.002	0.0030**	0.001
Mother is on welfare	0.0027	0.001	−0.0013	0.001
Mother’s level of education	−0.0056	0.010	0.0101	0.006
Parent communicates about sexual activity	0.0049	0.004	0.0030	0.002
Parents are religious	−0.0017	0.008	−0.0029	0.004

^***Significance at the 1 % level,

^**significance at the 5 % level