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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2019 May 29;98(3):1370–1401. doi: 10.1093/sf/soz049
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.