β | |
---|---|
Personal attitudes & intentions+ | |
Approval: premarital sex | .16 *** |
(.02) | |
Approval: sex with friends | .05 * |
(.02) | |
Wants to get pregnant | .31 *** |
(.09) | |
Previous experiences+ and age | |
Sexual debut <=14 years† | .15 |
(.14) | |
Ever had sex | .97 *** |
(.08) | |
Cumulative no. sex partners | .03 ** |
(.01) | |
Cumulative no. births | −.15 |
(.09) | |
Age | .21 *** |
(.02) | |
Current relationship | |
Status (ref: none) | |
Married | .83 *** |
(.16) | |
Engaged | .67 *** |
(.10) | |
Special | .44 *** |
(.05) | |
Relationship duration | .00 |
(.00) | |
Friends context+ | |
Friends’ approval of sex | .15 *** |
(.02) | |
Prop. friends sexually active | .10 *** |
(.02) | |
Family context+ and race | |
Parents’ approval of sex | .13 *** |
(.02) | |
Mother <20 at first birth† | −.13 |
(.10) | |
Mother’s education (ref: <H.S.) † | |
Completed H.S. | .30 |
(.17) | |
Completed college | .44 * |
(.19) | |
Received public assistance as a child† | −.05 |
(.10) | |
African American† | −.58 *** |
(.11) | |
Institutional contexts+ | |
School | |
Enrolled in college | .18 ** |
(.06) | |
Religion | |
Highly religious† | −.24 * |
(.10) | |
Frequency of religious attendance† | .01 |
(.03) | |
Constant | −4.39 *** |
(.50) | |
Observations (weeks) | 3,516 |
Number of respondents | 518 |
Note: The sample is limited to weeks in which the question about desire for sex was asked.
Standard errors in parentheses,
p<0.001,
p<0.01,
p<0.05
Measures are lagged and reflect respondents’ situation as of the prior week.
Measure was assessed once at baseline and therefore does not vary within respondents over time.