Psychology: Research and Review
From: Individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation among adolescents
Contextual factors | Early sexual initiation | Inconsistent use | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 54) | No (n = 26) | p | Yes (n = 32) | No (n = 48) | p | |
Socioeconomic level | 0.7 | 0.37 | ||||
A | 71.4 (5) | 28.5 (2) | 50.0 (3) | 50.0 (3) | ||
B1 | 83.3 (10) | 16.6 (2) | 33.3 (4) | 66.7 (8) | ||
B2 | 66.6 (19) | 33.3 (3) | 26.1 (6) | 73.9 (17) | ||
C1 | 73.6 (14) | 26.3 (5) | 53.8 (14) | 46.2 (12) | ||
C2 | 85.7 (6) | 14.28 (1) | 57.1 (4) | 42.9 (3) | ||
D | 66.6 (2) | 33.3 (1) | 33.3 (1) | 66.7 (2) | ||
Mother’s education | 0.5 | 0.18 | ||||
Incomplete elementary | 68.7 (11) | 31.2 (5) | 30.0 (6) | 70.0 (14) | ||
Complete elementary | 85.7 (6) | 14.2 (1) | 36.4 (4) | 63.6 (7) | ||
Incomplete high school | 85.7 (6) | 14.2 (1) | 62.5 (5) | 37.5 (3) | ||
Complete high school | 83.3 (10) | 16.6 (2) | 53.8 (7) | 46.2 (6) | ||
Incomplete higher education | 83.3 (5) | 16.6 (1) | 71.4 (5) | 28.6 (2) | ||
Complete higher education | 77.7 (14) | 22.2(4) | 23.5 (4) | 76.5 (13) | ||
Father’s education | 0.31 | 0.65 | ||||
Incomplete elementary | 86.6 (13) | 13.3 (2) | 50.0 (9) | 50.0 (9) | ||
Complete elementary | 70.0 (7) | 30.0 (3) | 27.3 (3) | 72.7 (8) | ||
Incomplete high school | 100 (4) | 0.0 (0) | 40.0 (2) | 60.0 (3) | ||
Complete high school | 72.7 (8) | 27.3 (3) | 54.5 (6) | 45.5 (5) | ||
Incomplete higher education | 66.6 (4) | 33.3 (2) | 25.0 (2) | 75.0 (6) | ||
Complete higher education | 76.4 (13) | 23.5 (4) | 47.1 (8) | 52.9 (9) | ||
Family configuration | 0.04** | 0.98 | ||||
Nuclear | 87.5 (16) | 12.5 (2) | 44.4 (8) | 55.6 (10) | ||
Extended | 85.7 (18) | 14.2 (3) | 40.9 (9) | 59.1 (13) | ||
Single parent | 66.6 (12) | 33.3 (6) | 40.0 (8) | 60.0 (12) | ||
Remarried | 76.9 (10) | 23.0 (3) | 38.9 (7) | 61.1 (11) | ||
Affective-consistent | 0.93 | 0.47 | ||||
Low | 84.2 (16) | 15.7 (3) | 36.0 (9) | 64.0 (16) | ||
Medium low | 72.7 (8) | 27.2 (3) | 46.7 (7) | 53.3 (8) | ||
Medium high | 77.2 (17) | 22.7 (5) | 52.4 (11) | 47.6 (10) | ||
High | 81.2 (13) | 18.7 (3) | 29.4 (5) | 70.6 (12) | ||
Adaptation | 0.15 | 0.17 | ||||
Low | 84.6 (22) | 15.3 (4) | 48.3 (14) | 51.7 (15) | ||
Medium low | 68.1 (15) | 31.8 (7) | 50.0 (12) | 50.0 (12) | ||
Medium high | 84.6 (11) | 15.3 (2) | 29.4 (5) | 70.6 (12) | ||
High | 85.7 (6) | 14.2 (1) | 12.5 (1) | 87.5 (7) | ||
Autonomy | 0.0** | 0.91 | ||||
Low | 88.8 (16) | 11.1 (2) | 39.1 (9) | 60.9 (14) | ||
Medium low | 73.0 (19) | 26.9 (7) | 37.9 (11) | 62.1 (18) | ||
Medium high | 87.5 (14) | 12.5 (2) | 44.4 (8) | 55.6 (10) | ||
High | 62.5 (5) | 37.5 (3) | 50.0 (4) | 50.0 (4) | ||
Total classification | 0.95 | 0.35 | ||||
Low | 83.3 (20) | 16.6 (4) | 43.3 (13) | 56.7 (17) | ||
Medium low | 75.0 (12) | 25.0 (4) | 52.6 (10) | 47.4 (9) | ||
Medium high | 80.0 (16) | 20.0 (4) | 25.0 (5) | 75.0 (15) | ||
High | 75.0 (6) | 25.0 (2) | 44.4 (4) | 55.6 (5) | ||
Access to information about sexuality in school | 0.22 | 0.4 | ||||
No | 85.7 (16) | 14.2 (1) | 33.3 (7) | 66.6 (14) | ||
Yes | 74.5 (38) | 25.4 (13) | 43.8 (25) | 56.1 (32) | ||
Access to information about sexuality in the family | 0.19 | 0.3 | ||||
No | 77.7 (7) | 22.2 (2) | 53.8 (7) | 46.1 (6) | ||
Yes | 79.6 (47) | 20.3 (12) | 38.4 (25) | 61.5 (40) |