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Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2015 May 9;44(8):1508–1527. doi: 10.1007/s10964-015-0280-6

Table 5.

Ordinary least squares regression results of alcohol use across waves

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
Wave 4
B SEB 95 % CI B SEB 95 % CI B SEB 95 % CI B SEB 95 % CI
Sexual trajectory group
Heterosexual early daters (ref)
 Heterosexual late daters −.47*** .04 −.54, −.40 −.56*** .04 −.65, −.47 −.36*** .04 −.45, −.27 −.19*** .05 −.30, −.09
 Heteroflexible  .13 .07 −.00, .27  .06 .08 −.09, .21  .35*** .09  .18, .52  .30*** .09  .13, .48
 Later bisexually identified −.04 .08 −.20, .11  .10 .12 −.14, .34  .06 .11 −.15, .28  .44*** .13  .19, .70
 LG[B] identified −.32*** .08 −.48, −.15 −.41*** .11 −.63, −.18  .35* .16  .04, .66  .56** .19  .19, .93
Age  .18*** .01  .16, .20  .16*** .01  .13, .19  .01 .02 −.02, .05 −.07*** .02 −.10, −.03
Sex −.15*** .03 −.21, −.09 −.20*** .04 −.28, −.13 −.65*** .04 −.73, −.57 −.61*** .04 −.70, −.52
Family structure
Biological two-parent (ref)
 Stepfamily  .13** .05  .04, .22  .06 .04 −.03, .14 −.08 .05 −.19, .02  .03 .07 −.10, .16
 Single parent headed  .21*** .04  .13, .29  .15*** .05  .06, .24 −.06 .05 −.16, .04  .01 .05 −.08, .11
 Other  .17 .10 −.03, .38  .04 .10 −.16, .25 −.23* .10 −.43, −.02 −.11 .12 −.35, .13
Race/ethnicity
White (ref)
 Black/African American −.28*** .06 −.40, −.16 −.45*** .06 −.57, −.33 −.84*** .06 −.96, −.71 −.62*** .06 −.74, −.49
 Latino −.09 .05 −.19, .12  .04 .08 −.13, .20 −.28*** .07 −.41, −.14 −.14 .08 −.29, .01
 Asian/Pacific Islander −.27** .10 −.48, −.07 −.39** .12 −.63, −.14 −.64*** .16 −.95, −.32 −.50*** .12 −.75, −.26
 Other  .03 .06 −.09, .15  .01 .08 −.14, .16 −.24* .10 −.43, −.06 −.07 .13 −.32, .18
Parental education −.03 .02 −.06, .00 −.01 .02 −.05, .03  .22*** .03  .16, .27  .18*** .02  .13, .23
Public assistance −.01 .05 −.12, .10 −.16* .07 −.29, −.03 −.33*** .07 −.46, −.20 −.11 .09  .28, .06
Constant −1.82*** .19 −2.20, −1.43 −1.31*** .24 −1.78, −.84 1.44*** .29  .87, 2.02 2.55*** .30 1.95, 3.14
F a 66.76*** 54.14*** 22.93*** 10.51***

OLS regressions were estimated using svy and subpopulation procedures in Stata/SE 13.1. Wave 1 n = 10,651; Wave 2 n = 9295; Wave 3 n = 8107; Wave 4 n = 7181

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

p < .10

a

Statistical comparison of sexual trajectory groups