Table 3.

Percentage of Students Reporting Positive Consequences of their First Sexual Intercourse, by Gender

Positive Intrapersonal Consequences	Total Sample	Male	Female	X2
Any positive intrapersonal consequence	81.8	86.3	75.5	*
Feel physically satisfied	64.0	67.0	60.0	NS
Feel better or cheered up	61.7	64.8	57.2	NS
Feel a thrill or rush	54.1	56.0	51.4	NS
Feel attractive or better about yourself	43.1	44.2	58.6	NS
Positive Interpersonal Consequences
Any positive interpersonal consequence	77.8	77.8	77.2	NS
Feel intimate or closer to partner	63.2	58.1	69.7	*
Feel you avoided annoying or angering your partner	37.2	46.9	24.3	*
Feel you enhanced your reputation	24.2	32.1	13.3	***

Note: X² indicates whether there are significant gender differences in reporting given consequence.

NS = not significant.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.