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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2021 Mar 5;88:97–106. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.01.010

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios and Standard Errors for Sex and Ethnicity

Class membership Reference class
1 2 3 4
aOR SE aOR SE aOR SE aOR SE
Female
1. no sexting-low sex - - 3.23 1.34 0.97 .23 2.23* .45
2. sexting-low sex .31** .13 - - .30** .13 .69 .30
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.03 .25 3.32 1.42 - - 2.29 .60
4. sexting-moderately risky sex .45** .09 1.45 .62 .44** .11 - -
Hispanic
1. no sexting-low sex - - 2.03 .95 .76 .23 2.44 .64
2. sexting-low sex .49 .23 - - .37** .18 1.20 .60
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.32 .40 2.68 1.32 - - 3.22 1.10
4. sexting-moderately risky sex .41** .11 .83 .42 .31** .11 - -
African American
1. no sexting-low sex - - 2.23 1.13 .88 .30 1.44 .38
2. sexting-low sex .45 .23 - - .39* .21 .65 .34
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.14 .39 2.54 1.36 - - 1.65 .58
4. sexting-moderately risky sex .69 .18 1.54 .80 .61 .21 - -
Other
1. no sexting-low sex - - 4.69 4.24 .98 .38 2.87 .98
2. sexting-low sex .21** .19 - - .21** .19 .61 .56
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.03 .40 4.81 4.43 - - 2.94 1.30
4. sexting-moderately risky sex .35** .12 1.64 1.51 .34** .15 - -
High Impulsivity
1. no sexting-low sex - - .95 .22 .81 .11 .60** .07
2. sexting-low sex 1.05 .24 - - .85 .21 .63 .15
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.23 .71 1.18 .29 - - .74 .12
4. sexting-moderately risky sex 1.67** .20 1.59 .39 1.35 .22 - -
Living without both parents
1. no sexting-low sex - - .57 .22 .60* .14 47** .10
2. sexting-low sex 1.76 .69 - - 1.06 .43 .82 .34
3. no sexting-moderately risky sex 1.66 .39 .94 .38 - - .77 .21
4. sexting-moderately risky sex 2.15 .46 1.22 .50 1.30 .35 - -

Note.

*

p < .01.

**

p ≤ .001.