Journal of Population Sciences
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
Y = Smoking (Ref: Never) | 1–7 cigarettes/day | 8+ cigarettes/day | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
Sexual identity (Ref: Heterosexual) | ||||||||
Bisexual | 0.745 (0.292) | 0.799 (0.318) | 2.308*** (0.668) | 2.024** (0.597) | 0.565 (0.272) | 0.607 (0.296) | 3.245*** (1.101) | 2.670*** (0.933) |
Homosexual | 0.544 (0.293) | 0.527 (0.286) | 3.651*** (1.577) | 3.253*** (1.428) | 0.625 (0.339) | 0.644 (0.355) | 2.670* (1.579) | 2.326 (1.393) |
Age | 1.079** (0.036) | 1.063* (0.036) | 1.052 (0.038) | 1.038 (0.039) | 1.146*** (0.039) | 1.109*** (0.039) | 1.053 (0.052) | 1.023 (0.052) |
Parents’ education (Ref: < then high school) | ||||||||
High school | 1.535** (0.264) | 1.161 (0.153) | 1.196 (0.208) | 1.014 (0.188) | ||||
College degree | 1.716*** (0.307) | 1.299* (0.192) | 1.438** (0.263) | 1.385 (0.279) | ||||
Importance of religion (Ref: Not at all) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 0.834 (0.095) | 0.886 (0.117) | 0.655*** (0.082) | 0.772 (0.140) | ||||
Quite/very | 0.603*** (0.073) | 0.528*** (0.070) | 0.431*** (0.058) | 0.421*** (0.078) | ||||
Working while in college (Ref: Never) | ||||||||
Sometimes | 1.410*** (0.148) | 1.417*** (0.156) | 2.118*** (0.250) | 1.702*** (0.263) | ||||
Regularly | 1.301* (0.193) | 1.384** (0.205) | 2.576*** (0.391) | 2.009*** (0.408) | ||||
In a relationship | 1.11 (0.108) | 1.216** (0.116) | 0.892 (0.097) | 1.124 (0.151) | ||||
Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 1.248 (0.171) | 1.266* (0.182) | 0.97 (0.142) | 1.282 (0.258) | ||||
Quite/yes | 1.194 (0.191) | 1.334* (0.212) | 1.04 (0.176) | 1.311 (0.296) | ||||
Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 0.998 (0.121) | 0.843 (0.107) | 1.024 (0.136) | 0.849 (0.151) | ||||
Quite/yes | 1.121 (0.178) | 0.903 (0.144) | 0.782 (0.143) | 0.748 (0.172) | ||||
Constant | 0.071*** (0.051) | 0.062*** (0.048) | 0.074*** (0.058) | 0.101*** (0.083) | 0.024*** (0.018) | 0.048*** (0.038) | 0.073** (0.076) | 0.172 (0.190) |
N | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 |