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Published in final edited form as: J Dev Life Course Criminol. 2019 Aug 22;5(4):554–586. doi: 10.1007/s40865-019-00122-7

Table 3.

The effect of youth violent victimization on the rate of sexual debut (Cox regression models, N = 10,570)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR SE HR SE HR SE
Youth violent victimization 1.253*** 0.051 1.225*** 0.051 1.025 0.046
 Agea 1.039*** 0.009 1.040*** 0.010 1.033*** 0.010
 Female 1.101** 0.031 1.096** 0.032 1.123*** 0.033
Race/ethnicityb
 Black 1.000 0.046 1.031 0.048 1.076 0.049
 Hispanic 0.987 0.045 0.986 0.046 0.951 0.044
 Asian 0.799*** 0.051 0.816** 0.051 0.800** 0.051
 Other race 1.067 0.101 1.087 0.102 0.999 0.098
 Immigrant 0.899 0.052 0.914 0.053 0.950 0.056
 Family SES 0.980*** 0.005 0.979*** 0.005 0.974*** 0.005
Family structurec
 Single parent 1.257*** 0.052 1.266*** 0.052 1.251*** 0.050
 Stepparent 1.196*** 0.040 1.204*** 0.040 1.184*** 0.040
 Other arrangement 0.935 0.100 0.967 0.103 0.951 0.101
Parental supervision
 Parental autonomy 1.059*** 0.010 1.054*** 0.010 1.049*** 0.011
Disposition
 Relative pubertal development 1.061*** 0.014 1.040** 0.013
 Marital expectations 1.047** 0.015 1.039** 0.014
 Depression 1.003 0.002 0.997 0.003
 Self-esteem 0.996 0.005 0.997 0.005
 Low self-control 1.006 0.005 0.995 0.005
Attachment styled
 Anxious attachment 0.893 0.053 0.916 0.056
 Avoidant attachment 0.890** 0.039 0.930 0.039
Deviant behavior
 Lie to parents 1.103*** 0.020
 Violent perpetration 1.098*** 0.019
 Non-violent delinquency 1.005 0.007
 Alcohol use frequency 1.138*** 0.017
Childhood abuse
 Physical abuse 1.016 0.034 1.010 0.034 0.975 0.033
 Sexual abuse 1.181* 0.077 1.153* 0.075 1.116 0.076
N of events 8927
Observations 10,570

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), 1994–2008. Estimates are multiply imputed and weighted; all models also include controls for urban, region of residence, and number of interviews

HR hazard ratio = exp(b), SE standard error, SES socioeconomic status

p < 0.10,

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001 (two-tailed tests)

a

Centered at age 15

b

Non-Hispanic White is the reference

c

Two biological parents is the reference

d

Secure attachment is the reference