Journal of Population Sciences
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
Men | Women | |
---|---|---|
Main variables | ||
Sexual identity (%) | ||
Heterosexual | 96.7 | 96.3 |
Bisexual | 1.8 | 2.9 |
Homosexual | 1.5 | 0.9 |
Smoking (%) | ||
Never | 68.0 | 71.2 |
1–7 cigarettes/day | 17.6 | 19.7 |
8+ cigarettes/day | 14.4 | 91.9* |
Getting drunk (%) | ||
Never | 28.0 | 42.4* |
Sometimes | 58.4 | 49.8* |
Often/very often | 13.6 | 7.8* |
Smoking marijuana (%) | ||
Never | 58.3 | 71.5* |
Sometimes | 28.4 | 23.8* |
Often/very often | 13.3 | 4.6* |
Use ecstasy (%) | ||
Never | 97.1 | 99.0* |
Sometimes | 2.7 | 0.9* |
Often/very often | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Physical activity (%) | ||
Never | 11.3 | 22.4* |
Sometimes | 33.9 | 36.4 |
Often | 27.6 | 24.0 |
Very often | 27.1 | 17.2* |
Control variables | ||
Avg. age | 21.0 | 20.9 |
Parents’ education (%) | ||
Less than HS | 10.8 | 17.3* |
High school | 52.2 | 53.4 |
College degree or more | 37.0 | 29.2* |
Importance of religion (%) | ||
Not at all | 32.9 | 20.0* |
Somewhat | 35.1 | 34.5 |
Quite/very | 32.1 | 45.5* |
Working while studying (%) | ||
Never | 49.1 | 52.7 |
Sometimes | 35.8 | 31.4 |
Regularly | 15.1 | 15.9 |
In a relationship (%) | 38.6 | 51.6* |
Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (%) | ||
No | 23.6 | 22.5 |
Somewhat | 39.5 | 34.5* |
Quite/yes | 36.8 | 42.9* |
Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (%) | ||
No | 39.4 | 36.1 |
Somewhat | 39.3 | 40.9 |
Quite/yes | 21.3 | 23.0 |
N | 3222 | 2982 |