Table 1 Sample characteristics for male and female college youth (percentage or mean), TYP
Covariates at age 20 | TotalN = 2119 | Premarital sex by age 20(n = 342) | No premarital sex by age 20(n = 1777) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
Adolescent risky health behavior | |||||
Adolescent's cigarettes use | |||||
Smokers | 7.8 | 32.7 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
Non-smokers | 92.2 | 67.3 | 87.7 | 92.1 | 98.5 |
Adolescent's alcohol use | |||||
Heavier drinkers | 4.2 | 16.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
Light drinkers | 21.2 | 32.7 | 30.8 | 23.3 | 15.5 |
Abstainers | 74.6 | 51.2 | 63.9 | 72.9 | 82.7 |
Peers characteristics | |||||
Perceived cigarettes use of best friends | |||||
Smokers | 21.4 | 58.8 | 23.8 | 25.5 | 9.2 |
Non-smokers | 78.6 | 41.2 | 76.2 | 74.5 | 90.8 |
Perceived alcohol use of best friends | |||||
Heavier drinkers | 5.5 | 19.4 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 2.3 |
Light drinkers | 22.2 | 36.0 | 26.9 | 24.3 | 16.7 |
Abstainers | 72.3 | 44.6 | 65.4 | 70.4 | 81.1 |
Perceived sexual behavior of best friends | |||||
Half or greater | 12.6 | 44.3 | 40.0 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
Less than half | 27.3 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 26.3 | 25.2 |
None or unknown | 60.1 | 20.8 | 23.1 | 66.3 | 68.4 |
Attitude toward premarital sex | |||||
Premarital sex permissiveness, range 0–3, (mean) | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
Stressful life and behavioral events | |||||
Stressful school events | |||||
Yes | 13.7 | 17.9 | 28.5 | 11.1 | 13.0 |
No | 86.3 | 82.1 | 71.5 | 88.9 | 87.0 |
Number of stressful personal events | |||||
2 or more | 16.7 | 25.9 | 42.3 | 11.7 | 15.5 |
1 | 27.6 | 31.6 | 23.9 | 27.4 | 27.3 |
0 | 55.7 | 42.5 | 33.9 | 60.9 | 57.3 |
Deviant behaviors | |||||
Yes | 31.0 | 63.7 | 30.0 | 42.2 | 14.3 |
No | 69.0 | 36.3 | 70.0 | 57.8 | 85.7 |
Psychological complaints (mean) | 8.6 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 9.2 |
Family SES | |||||
Maternal education | |||||
Junior HS or lower | 42.2 | 47.6 | 42.2 | 40.4 | 42.6 |
Senior HS | 35.7 | 30.8 | 41.4 | 36.7 | 35.1 |
College or higher | 22.1 | 21.6 | 16.4 | 22.8 | 22.4 |
Monthly family income | |||||
<50000 | 35.2 | 30.3 | 38.6 | 33.3 | 37.6 |
50000-69999 | 29.7 | 26.9 | 26.0 | 32.3 | 28.7 |
70000 & above | 35.1 | 42.8 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 33.8 |
Family structure: Lives with both biological parents | |||||
Yes | 80.8 | 72.2 | 61.5 | 82.0 | 84.2 |
No | 19.3 | 27.8 | 38.5 | 18.1 | 15.8 |
Perceived family support | |||||
School work | |||||
Yes | 64.3 | 57.6 | 55.4 | 60.1 | 70.6 |
No | 35.7 | 42.5 | 44.6 | 39.9 | 29.4 |
Economic difficulty | |||||
Yes | 87.3 | 84.0 | 83.1 | 85.6 | 90.0 |
No | 12.7 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 10.0 |
Emotional difficulty | |||||
Yes | 44.6 | 31.6 | 50.0 | 38.4 | 52.1 |
No | 55.4 | 68.4 | 50.0 | 61.6 | 47.9 |
Perceived friend support | |||||
School work | |||||
Yes | 79.9 | 82.1 | 80.0 | 74.8 | 83.8 |
No | 20.1 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 25.2 | 16.2 |
Economic difficulty | |||||
Yes | 25.4 | 36.3 | 46.2 | 24.2 | 21.2 |
No | 74.6 | 63.7 | 53.9 | 75.9 | 78.8 |
Emotional difficulty | |||||
Yes | 85.1 | 91.0 | 93.9 | 78.7 | 88.2 |
No | 14.9 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 21.3 | 11.8 |
Premarital sex in college | |||||
Involvement in premarital sex by age 22 | |||||
Yes | 28.1 | -- | -- | 20.2 | 13.1 |
No | 71.9 | -- | -- | 79.8 | 86.9 |