Table 4.

Unstandardized beta coefficients from multivariable models, by sociodemographic and other characteristics, according to SRE subscales

	Subscale of sexual reproductive empowerment scale for adolescents and young adults
	Comfort talking with partner (n = 1,099)	Choice of partners, marriage, and children (n = 1,114)	Parental support (n = 1,115)	Sexual safety (n = 1,110)	Self-love (n = 1,116)	Sense of future (n = 1,113)	Sexual pleasure (n = 1,112)
Age (years)
15–17	−.23	−.06	.75	.01	.42	.10	−1.73***
18–19	.89*	−.29	−.24	−.97*	−.17	−.25	−.58
20–21	.44	.67**	.68	.30	.37	.13	.07
22–24 (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gender
Female	.64*	.30	.06	−.88*	−.10	.03	−.32
Male (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transgender/nonbinary	−1.02	.25	−1.26	−4.50*	−2.54	−1.94	−1.36
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gay/lesbian	−.84	−.82	−1.66*	−1.52**	−1.31*	−.80	−.19
Bisexual	.15	.22	−.98*	−.29	−.25	−.14	.28
Other (asexual/missing)	−.23	−.81	−.74	1.05	.24	.91	.25
Race/ethnicity
White, NH (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black, NH	.72	−.11	−.26	−.56	1.71***	.80**	.06
Hispanic	.19	−.25	−.36	−.63	.21	.08	−.10
Asian, NH	.03	−1.57***	−.46	−.62	.39	−.07	−.13
Other/multi, NH	−.03	.27	−.19	−.65	1.03**	.43	−.72
Employment status
Full timea	−.03	−.12	.14	−.24	.20	.17	.30
Part time	.43	−.01	−.43	−.03	−.01	.30	.20
Unemployed, looking	.28	−.67*	−.95*	−.77	.00	-.10	.09
Unemployed, not looking (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
School status
Full time (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Part time	−.07	−.29	−.82	−.65	−.73*	−.40	−.58
Not in school	−.15	−.21	−1.15**	−.67	−.65*	−.68**	−.29
Relationship status
In a relationship	.34	.16	−.42	.37	.56*	.74***	1.09***
Not in a relationship (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missing	−2.62	−2.40	−4.53*	−2.57	−2.87	−.42	−2.02

NH = non-Hispanic; SRE = Sexual Reproductive Empowerment.

^*Significant at p ≤ .05;

^**p ≤ .01;

^***p ≤ .001.

^aFull-time employment status includes self-employed and military.