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. 2021 Nov 19;51(3):1419–1433. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02125-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of the unweighted and weighted sample, overall and by frequency of penile vaginal intercourse, n = 1647 Americans age 14–17, 2009 and 2018

Characteristic Unweighted overall Weighted overall No penile vaginal intercourse Penile vaginal intercourse < once/week Penile vaginal intercourse at least once/week p-value*
N = 1647 N = 1646 N = 1370 N = 155 N = 74
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sex .903
     Female 822 (49.9) 813 (49.4) 680 (49.6) 78 (50.5) 35 (47.3)
     Male 825 (50.1) 833 (50.6) 690 (50.4) 77 (49.5) 39 (52.7)
Age group  < .0001
     14–15 797 (48.4) 779 (47.3) 706 (51.6) 39 (25.0) 12 (15.7)
     16–17 850 (51.6) 867 (52.7) 664 (48.5) 116 (75.0) 62 (84.3)
Race/ethnicity .089
     White, non-Hispanic 1158 (70.4) 947 (57.6) 802 (58.6) 82 (52.7) 39 (53.6)
     Black, non-Hispanic 139 (8.5) 226 (13.8) 184 (13.5) 24 (15.5) 6 (8.2)
     Other or 2 + races, non-Hispanic 151 (9.2) 135 (8.2) 105 (7.7) 14 (8.9) 13 (17.0)
     Hispanic 196 (11.9) 335 (20.4) 276 (20.2) 36 (22.9) 16 (21.1)
     Missing N = 3 N = 3 N = 3 N = 0 N = 0
Household income .133
      < $25 k 204 (12.4) 214 (13.0) 170 (12.4) 25 (16.3) 14 (19.5)
     $25–49 k 291 (17.7) 331 (20.1) 272 (19.9) 38 (24.4) 14 (18.8)
     $50–74 k 376 (22.8) 305 (18.6) 264 (19.3) 26 (16.7) 9 (11.6)
     $75–124 k 479 (29.1) 449 (27.3) 372 (27.2) 45 (28.9) 20 (27.3)
     $125 k +  297 (18.0) 346 (21.0) 292 (21.3) 21.2 (13.7) 17 (22.9)
Year  < .0001
     2009 820 (49.8) 820 (49.8) 642 (46.9) 92 (59.4) 58 (78.7)
     2018 827 (50.2) 826 (50.2) 728 (53.1) 63 (40.6) 16 (21.3)
Sexual repertoire categories (At least once in the past year)
     Masturbate alone 777 (48.1) 773 (47.8) 580 (42.6) 115.3 (75.3) 55.8 (75.7)  < .0001
     Masturbate with partner 150 (9.3) 152 (9.4) 52 (3.8) 59 (38.1) 32 (44.4)  < .0001
     Gave oral sex 214 (13.2) 201 (12.4) 49 (3.6) 83 (54.5) 60 (81.7)  < .0001
     Received oral sex 243 (15.0) 248 (15.3) 59 (4.4) 104 (67.6) 68 (93.3)  < .0001
     Penile-vaginal intercourse 248 (15.3) 255 (15.8) 6 (0.5) 155 (100.0) 74 (100.0)  < .0001
     Anal intercourse 38 (2.3) 50 (3.1) 3 (0.2) 20 (13.0) 22 (29.8)  < .0001