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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Descriptive statistics (weighted)

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

  1. *Results are significantly different between men and women (p < 0.05)