Table 2.

The impact of sexual health on adolescent women’s (n = 372) physical and mental/emotional and social health, controlling for participant age and race/ethnicity

Health outcomes	β (SE)	OR (95% CI)
Physical health
Any alcohol use (past 2 months: yes)	—	.87 (.78–.96)
Any marijuana use (past 2 months: yes)	—	.88 (.79–.96)**
Any cigarette use (past 2 months: yes)
Mental/emotional health
Self-reported depression	−.41 (.06)***	—
Thrill seeking	−.92 (.22)***	—
Self-esteem	.48 (.08)***	—
Social health
Peer cigarette use (number of friends)	—	.98 (.81–1.19)
Peer alcohol use (number of friends)	—	.83 (.73–.95)*
Peer marijuana use (number of friends)	—	.87 (.77–.92)*
Religiosity	.16 (.06)***	—
Education attitudes	.32 (.17)***	−
Antisocial attitudes	−.91 (.15)***	—
Social integration	.12 (.05)*	—
Frequency of delinquent behavior/crime	−.43 (.08)***	—
Community group membership	—	2.54 (1.22–5.34)*
School club/group membership	—	1.29 (.28–5.10)
Volunteer work	—	1.39 (.81–2.40)

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .000.

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SE = standard error.