Table 3.

Latent classes of hookup motivations and social characteristics

	Classes
	Older abstainers	Young abstainers	Relationship seekers	Pleasure pathway	College scripts
Pleasure	0.00	0.00	0.48	0.62	1.00
Sex skills	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.57
Not sure	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.19	0.10
Alcohol/drugs	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.14	0.19
Never hookup	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Self-confidence	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.06	0.31
College experience	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.75
Relationship desire	0.00	0.00	0.46	0.30	0.20
Other race	0.16	0.27	0.18	0.15	0.11
White	0.62	0.42	0.71	0.47	0.58
Black	0.22	0.30	0.11	0.38	0.30
Male	0.06	0.15	0.13	0.11	0.67
Religious	0.66	0.55	0.63	0.68	0.70
Age 18	0.00	0.39	0.00	0.29	0.15
Age 19–20	0.00	0.61	0.00	0.71	0.43
Age 21–24	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.41
Parents coupled	0.72	0.79	0.65	0.56	0.65
Mom has college degree	0.41	0.27	0.26	0.37	0.64
Ideal age of marriage > 25	0.34	0.46	0.45	0.37	0.54
Married friends	0.72	0.45	0.65	0.28	0.54
Percent in class	17.8	18.3	20.1	32.0	11.8

The bolded proportions represent the characteristics that make each class unique and that differ the most when compared to other classes