Table A1.

Analysis of 16 Sex-Typical Items by Sex

	Variable	Min, Max, and Direction of Response	Unweighted Means		Results from Multivariate Logistic Regression
			Males	Females	OR	p	CI
1	Frequency of crying	0 to 4; 4 = every day	.20	.74	3.50	***	(3.11, 3.93)
2	Frequency of moodiness	0 to 4; 4 = every day	1.12	1.51	1.15	***	(1.07, 1.24)
3	Frequency of poor appetite	0 to 4; 4 = every day	.58	.84	1.18	***	(1.10, 1.27)
4	Honestly answered questions	0 to 3; 3 = completely honestly	2.28	2.49	1.28	***	(1.19, 1.38)
5	Trouble paying attention	0 to 3; 3 = most or all of the time	.79	.87	.87	***	(.80, .94)
6	Bothered by things	0 to 3; 3 = most or all of the time	.46	.65	1.15	**	(1.05, 1.26)
7	How physically fit	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	.89	1.28	1.46	***	(1.36, 1.58)
8	Serious fighting in past 12 months	0 to 3; 3 = 5 or more times	.33	.16	.48	***	(.42, .54)
9	Frequency of exercising	0 to 3; 3 = 5 or more times	1.57	1.63	1.15	***	(1.09, 1.21)
10	Frequency of rollerblading/cycling	0 to 3; 3 = 5 or more times	.70	.43	.73	***	(.69, .78)
11	How emotional are you	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	1.56	1.14	.84	***	(.78, .89)
12	Do you like yourself as you are	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	.75	1.09	1.23	***	(1.14, 1.32)
13	Live without thought for the future	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	2.44	2.70	1.21	***	(1.15, 1.28)
14	How sensitive to others’ feelings	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	1.06	.82	.72	***	(.66, .78)
15	Do you like to take risks	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	1.31	1.63	1.23	***	(1.16, 1.30)
16	Upset by difficult problems	0 to 4; 4 = strongly disagree	1.52	1.61	1.06	*	(1.01, 1.12)

^*p≤.05,

^**p≤.01,

^***p≤.001; two-tailed

OR = Odds Ratio; CI = 95% Confidence Interval

Note: Data are from Wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.