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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2016 Nov 29;55(1):99–105. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1247149

Table 3.

Age-, race/ethnicity-, and SES-adjusted odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) from logistic regression between cognitive ability and types of sexual experiences by biological sex

Vaginal Oral Anal

Male Female Male Female Male Female

aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI
Cognitive Ability
Average/High (100–114; ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Low (<85) 0.21 (0.12–0.36)* 0.26 (0.11–0.61)* 0.16 (0.09–0.28)* 0.18 (0.11–0.30)* 0.45 (0.35–0.58)* 0.60 (0.47–0.78)*
Low/Average (85–99) 0.53 (0.34–0.82)* 1.14 (0.76–1.72) 0.59 (0.37–0.95)* 0.66 (0.47–0.91)* 0.71 (0.60–0.83)* 1.00 (0.86–1.17)
High (> 114) 0.68 (0.46–1.00) 0.63 (0.36–1.09) 0.88 (0.55–1.42) 0.85 (0.52–1.40) 0.94 (0.77–1.15) 1.12 (0.92–1.38)
Age
28–29 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
24–27 0.93 (0.68–1.28) 1.12 (0.72–1.75) 1.02 (0.73–1.44) 1.05 (0.71–1.55) 0.90 (0.75–1.07) 0.95 (0.79–1.15)
30–34 0.86 (0.61–1.23) 0.84 (0.55–1.28) 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 0.69 (0.50–0.94)* 1.02 (0.88–1.18) 0.86 (0.71–1.04)
Race/Ethnicity
NH White (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Hispanic 0.92 (0.62–1.38) 0.98 (0.57–1.69) 1.02 (0.62–1.67) 0.87 (0.60–1.27) 1.40 (1.13–1.72)* 1.29 (1.05–1.58)*
NH Black 0.85 (0.53–1.37) 0.93 (0.64–1.36) 0.51 (0.31–0.83)* 0.37 (0.26–0.51)* 0.80 (0.64–1.00) 0.77 (0.62–0.97)*
NH Other Race 0.82 (0.50–1.35) 1.08 (0.55–2.14) 0.64 (0.33–1.25) 1.06 (0.56–2.00) 0.90 (0.63–1.28) 0.97 (0.80–1.17)
Parent Education (SES)
College Grad (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
<HS 1.00 (0.68–1.46) 1.73 (0.70–4.30) 0.49 (0.29–0.83)* 0.61 (0.34–1.10) 0.94 (0.76–1.18) 1.07 (0.82–1.40)
HS Grad/GED 0.87 (0.63–1.21) 1.69 (1.17–2.45)* 0.82 (0.54–1.26) 0.91 (0.64–1.31) 1.09 (0.91–1.30) 1.10 (0.95–1.28)
Some College 1.13 (0.79–1.62) 1.52 (0.92–2.51) 0.93 (0.59–1.46) 1.06 (0.67–1.66) 0.98 (0.80–1.19) 1.10 (0.93–1.31)

Notes.

*

<0.05

“Don’t Know” responses coded as missing for these analyses.