Journal of Population Sciences
From: "Like a virgin". Correlates of virginity among Italian university students
Males (1) | Females (2) | |
---|---|---|
Demographics | ||
Age | 0.717*** | 0.764*** |
(0.020) | (0.018) | |
First born | 1.098 | 1.007 |
(0.075) | (0.062) | |
Family | ||
Father’s education (number of years) | 1.006 | 1.000 |
(0.012) | (0.010) | |
Mother’s education (number of years) | 0.963** | 0.987 |
(0.011) | (0.011) | |
Parents separated or divorced | 0.780* | 0.686** |
(0.091) | (0.084) | |
Balanced or intense relationship with the father | 0.808* | 1.267** |
(0.071) | (0.097) | |
Balanced or intense relationship with the mother | 1.395** | 1.264* |
(0.178) | (0.127) | |
Have talked in depth with parents about sex | 0.703*** | 0.713*** |
(0.056) | (0.048) | |
Interpersonal aspects | ||
Having attended the disco often or very often between 16 and 18 years | 0.303*** | 0.471*** |
(0.022) | (0.032) | |
Off-site student | 0.936 | 1.041 |
(0.076) | (0.082) | |
Bodily and health-related aspects | ||
Satisfaction about own body image nowadays | 0.617*** | 0.941 |
(0.053) | (0.065) | |
BMI | 0.691** | 1.051 |
(0.078) | (0.087) | |
BMI2 | 1.007** | 1.001 |
(0.002) | (0.002) | |
Having had at least one physical problem between the 14 and 18 years | 1.232** | 1.228** |
(0.089) | (0.081) | |
Depression | 1.324*** | 1.307*** |
(0.095) | (0.084) | |
Religion | ||
Opinion about the importance of religion in life | 1.446*** | 1.468*** |
(0.106) | (0.102) | |
Participation in religious groups | 1.819*** | 1.538*** |
(0.176) | (0.116) | |
Time and context | ||
Area of birth: Centre Italy (ref. North Italy) | 0.961 | 0.870 |
(0.081) | (0.071) | |
Area of birth: South Italy | 0.681*** | 0.980 |
(0.056) | (0.072) | |
Year 2017 | 0.647*** | 0.447*** |
(0.055) | (0.034) | |
N | 5979 | 6421 |
Pseudo-R2 | 0.132 | 0.106 |