Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of analytic sample (N = 8,337)
| Proportion | SDa | |
|---|---|---|
| Outcomes (Wave III) | ||
| Sexual debut | .812 | |
| Age at sexual debutb | 17.360 | 2.163 |
| Number of sexual partners | .188 | |
| (0) None | .188 | |
| (1) 1–2 | .364 | |
| (2) 3–4 | .184 | |
| (3) 5–6 | .107 | |
| (4) 7+ | .157 | |
| Independent variables (Wave I) | ||
| Neighborhood characteristics (level 2) | ||
| Type | ||
| Upper middle class white suburb (ref.) | .245 | |
| MC Hispanic/Asian suburb | .139 | |
| WC white rural | .246 | |
| Poor black urban | .032 | |
| Poor black rural | .089 | |
| Poor white urban | .061 | |
| WC mixed race urban | .064 | |
| Poor Hispanic/immigrant urban | .056 | |
| MC black urban | .044 | |
| Mixed class white urban | .025 | |
| Permissive sexual climate | 2.754 | .604 |
| Demographics (level 1) | ||
| Gender | ||
| Female | .543 | |
| Age | 15.090 | 1.674 |
| Family socioeconomic status | 4.911 | 2.706 |
| Family structure | ||
| Two married biological parents | .618 | |
| Years in the neighborhood | 7.542 | 5.455 |
| Individual characteristics | ||
| Depression | .590 | .437 |
| Relative pubertal development | .149 | 1.073 |
| Low self-control | .932 | .648 |
| Attachment to school | 2.832 | .840 |
| College aspirations | 3.352 | .990 |
| Religiosity | 2.292 | 1.079 |
| Nonviolent delinquency | .284 | |
| Violent perpetration | .235 | |
| Family characteristics | ||
| Family support | 3.114 | .642 |
| Parental attachment | 3.668 | .512 |
| Parental monitoring | .425 | |
| Peer characteristics | ||
| Unstructured socializing | 1.902 | 1.001 |
Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health Wave I (1994–1995) and Wave III (2001–2002).
MC = middle class; ref = reference; SD = standard deviation; WC = working class.
a
SDs not shown for dichotomously coded variables.
b
Among respondents sexually active by Wave III.