Table 5.
Latent class | ||||
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Behavior | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Adolescents (ages 14–17) | ||||
Masturbated alone | 1.000 | 0.040 | 0.970 | 0.758 |
Masturbated with partner | 0.038 | 0.000 | 0.815 | 0.325 |
Gave oral sex | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.901 | 0.600 |
Received oral sex | 0.000 | 0.004 | 1.000 | 0.771 |
Penile vaginal intercourse | 0.035 | 0.021 | 0.945 | 0.681 |
Anal intercourse | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.540 | 0.037 |
Adults (ages 18–49) | ||||
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Masturbated alone | 0.561 | 0.741 | 0.961 | 0.642 |
Masturbated with partner | 0.000 | 0.463 | 0.866 | 0.213 |
Gave oral sex | 0.000 | 0.305 | 0.950 | 0.846 |
Received oral sex | 0.007 | 0.243 | 0.981 | 0.877 |
Penile vaginal intercourse | 0.220 | 0.662 | 0.908 | 0.961 |
Anal intercourse | 0.000 | 0.108 | 0.449 | 0.119 |
LCA loadings are the conditional probability that someone in a particular class would respond “yes” (at least one in the last year) to a certain item. The items with higher loadings for a specific class are considered to be part of that Class. For example, the probability that someone in Class 1 indicated having engaged in solo masturbation is 0.561
In other words, 56% of the adults in Class 1 masturbated alone in the prior year
Bolded entries reflect the sexual behaviors that characterize each class