Journal of Population Sciences
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
Y = Drugs (Ref: Never) | Sometimes | Often/very often | ||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
Sexual identity (Ref: heterosexual) | ||||||||
Bisexual | 1.079 (0.322) | 1.198 (0.374) | 2.287*** (0.663) | 1.950** (0.586) | 0.407 (0.247) | 0.443 (0.276) | 9.449*** (3.278) | 6.548*** (2.466) |
Homosexual | 0.995 (0.373) | 0.9 (0.344) | 1.833 (0.826) | 1.595 (0.731) | 0.728 (0.401) | 0.653 (0.368) | 5.812*** (3.411) | 4.475** (2.754) |
Age | 1.038 (0.030) | 1.015 (0.030) | 1.085** (0.037) | 1.080** (0.038) | 1.001 (0.038) | 0.955 (0.038) | 1.022 (0.074) | 0.994 (0.076) |
Parents’ education (Ref: < then high school) | ||||||||
High school | 1.552*** (0.221) | 1.366** (0.185) | 1.584** (0.315) | 1.691* (0.514) | ||||
College degree | 1.785*** (0.267) | 2.034*** (0.299) | 2.062*** | 2.569*** (0.828) | ||||
(0.424) | ||||||||
Importance of religion (Ref: not at all) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 0.813** (0.081) | 0.779** (0.099) | 0.457*** (0.059) | 0.582** (0.132) | ||||
Quite/very | 0.410*** (0.044) | 0.402*** (0.052) | 0.247*** (0.035) | 0.141*** (0.039) | ||||
Working while in college (Ref: never) | ||||||||
Sometimes | 1.300*** (0.119) | 1.473*** (0.159) | 1.804*** (0.224) | 2.377*** (0.529) | ||||
Regularly | 1.468*** (0.189) | 1.450** (0.211) | 2.476*** (0.398) | 2.224*** (0.666) | ||||
In a relationship | 0.902 (0.077) | 1.324*** (0.124) | 1.007 (0.114) | 1.472** (0.288) | ||||
Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 1.145 (0.135) | 1.436** (0.210) | 1.438** (0.237) | 1.089 (0.351) | ||||
Quite/yes | 1.309** (0.179) | 1.629*** (0.261) | 1.776*** (0.329) | 2.290** (0.756) | ||||
Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 1.274** (0.135) | 0.994 (0.125) | 1.195 (0.168) | 0.825 (0.215) | ||||
Quite/yes | 1.059 (0.150) | 1.045 (0.164) | 1.058 (0.193) | 0.686 (0.215) | ||||
Constant | 0.207** (0.129) | 0.263** (0.176) | 0.056*** (0.041) | 0.050*** (0.039) | 0.211* (0.175) | 0.423 (0.378) | 0.038** (0.060) | 0.075 (0.127) |
N | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 |