Table 2 Multivariate pupil level predictors of sexual experience among 15 and 16 year old pupils (N = 4925) in 24 Scottish schools (the results that are statistically significant are in bold

Age in months at follow-up interview

1.05

1.02

1.08

1.07

1.04

1.09

Adults pupil lives with

Mum only

1.30

0.98

1.72

1.51

1.20

1.89

Dad only

1.47

0.87

2.48

2.07

1.16

3.71

Other

4.21

1.17

15.12

1.79

0.59

5.47

Both parents

1

1

Parental monitoring

High

0.73

0.59

0.91

0.66

0.54

0.80

Low

1

1

Spending money

High

1.65

1.33

2.04

1.45

1.20

1.77

Missing

1.08

0.59

1.97

1.41

0.84

2.36

Low

1

1

Ethnic group

Indian subcontinent

0.63

0.25

1.57

0.26

0.09

0.78

Missing

1.04

0.45

2.41

0.65

0.17

2.48

Other

0.52

0.24

1.14

0.57

0.28

1.14

White

1

1

Religious belief

Very religious

0.30

0.07

1.23

0.24

0.05

1.09

Religious

0.91

0.57

1.44

0.87

0.61

1.26

not religious

1.14

0.84

1.54

1.19

0.93

1.53

not at all religious

1.18

0.89

1.57

1.58

1.23

2.03

Unsure

1

1

Mother's age

Missing

1.05

0.79

1.40

0.85

0.57

1.27

Under 40

1.52

1.19

1.94

1.40

1.14

1.73

40/over 40'

1

1

Attitude to school (higher score:poorer attitude)

1.23

1.08

1.41

1.41

1.23

1.62

Future live with partner

Very unlikely

1.00

0.55

1.82

0.84

0.57

1.24

Unlikely

1.11

0.80

1.53

0.96

0.75

1.22

Likely

1.54

1.16

2.05

1.32

0.99

1.76

Very likely

2.13

1.30

3.50

1.50

0.75

2.99

Unsure

1

1

Future college

Very unlikely

2.73

1.50

4.99

0.86

0.36

2.06

Unlikely

1.32

0.85

2.06

0.57

0.34

0.94

Likely

0.94

0.73

1.22

0.81

0.62

1.05

Very likely

0.83

0.59

1.17

0.73

0.53

0.99

Unsure

1

1

Future steady relationship

Very unlikely

1.12

0.47

2.67

0.53

0.19

1.46

Unlikely

1.23

0.67

2.24

0.94

0.60

1.49

Likely

1.45

1.13

1.85

1.50

1.22

1.85

Very likely

2.74

1.77

4.24

2.12

1.38

3.26

Unsure

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1

Friends left school

Missing

1.70

0.77

3.74

0.91

0.35

2.38

Most or all

2.31

0.90

5.94

3.15

1.57

6.34

Half

1.86

0.88

3.92

1.84

1.02

3.31

a few

1.46

1.17

1.83

1.77

1.45

2.18

None

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1

Proportion of friends perceived to be having sex

Missing

0.62

0.41

0.93

0.49

0.32

0.76

None

0.33

0.13

0.84

0.02

0.00

0.25

Very few

0.50

0.35

0.71

0.61

0.42

0.88

About a quarter

0.84

0.58

1.21

0.67

0.48

0.93

Less than half

0.88

0.64

1.21

0.85

0.64

1.13

Most of them

1.44

1.06

1.94

1.34

1.05

1.72

all of them

1.12

0.40

3.11

4.82

1.46

15.95

Half

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