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. 2015 Sep 1;53(3):286–297. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1030720

Table 4. Correlations Between Demographic and Psychosexual Variables for Girls (Above) and Boys (Below) Separately.

Variables 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1. SDS −.107 −.052 −.027 .088 −.047 −.047 .039 .059 −.125* .013 .213*,*
2. Age .017 .265*,* −.156* .019 .505*,* .211*,* .097 .063 .187*,* .223*,* −.075
3. Sexual experience −.023 .286*,* .026 −.200*,* .090 .365*,* .416*,* .341*,* .300*,* .262*,* .121
4. Ethnicity −.211*,* −.070 .076 −.200*,* −.096 −.020 −.074 −.011 .041 −.025 .006
5. Religiousness .180*,* −.005 −.140* −.388*,* .055 −.350*,* −.067 −.041 −.227*,* −.130* .055
6. Education −.010 .467*,* .027 −.122 .144* .188*,* .101 .038 .138* .259*,* −.089
7. Peer permissiveness .013 .127 .263*,* .123 −.328*,* .007 .340*,* .144* .214*,* .151* −.096
8. Talking about sex with peers .295*,* .101 .302*,* −.175* .095 .008 .107 .358*,* .239*,* .334*,* .221*,*
9. Autonomy .199*,* .075 .239*,* −.123 .005 .134 .086 .295*,* .277*,* .433*,* .181*,*
10. Entitlement to self-induced pleasure −.030 .102 .180*,* .078 −.219*,* .043 .267*,* .266*,* .343*,* .507*,* .082
11. Entitlement partner-induced pleasure .380*,* .268*,* .195*,* −.118 .026 .212*,* .220*,* .389*,* .415*,* .416*,* .196*,*
12. Gender investment .187*,* .060 .082 −.121 .085 .128 .001 .109 .294*,* .233*,* .308*,*

Note. Categorical variables are coded 0 = male, 1 = female; 0 = no sexual experience, 1 = sexual experience; 0 = Dutch, 1 = non-Dutch; 0 = nonreligious, 1 = religious; 1 = lower education, 2 = intermediate education, 3 = higher education. Higher scores on continuous variables mean stronger SDS endorsement, higher age, more liberal social norms, more talking about sex with peers, more sexual autonomy, more feelings of entitlement to self-induced sexual pleasure, more feelings of entitlement to partner-induced sexual pleasure, and more gender investment. All coefficients represent Pearson correlations, except for coefficients between categorical variables, which represent Spearman correlations.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.