Journal of Population Sciences
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
Y = Drinking (Ref: Never) | Sometimes | Often/very often | ||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
Sexual identity (Ref: heterosexual) | ||||||||
Bisexual | 0.709 (0.219) | 0.799 (0.254) | 4.186*** (1.479) | 3.543*** (1.275) | 0.936 (0.405) | 1.044 (0.464) | 6.749*** (3.098) | 5.046*** (2.379) |
Homosexual | 0.843 (0.320) | 0.845 (0.328) | 1.628 (0.771) | 1.434 (0.695) | 1.085 (0.561) | 1.075 (0.573) | 5.556*** (3.166) | 4.858*** (2.833) |
Age | 1.029 (0.030) | 1.001 (0.030) | 0.999 (0.030) | 0.982 (0.031) | 0.930* (0.041) | 0.903** (0.041) | 0.941 (0.057) | 0.929 (0.058) |
Parents’ education (Ref: < then high school) | ||||||||
High school | 1.309** (0.171) | 1.087 (0.116) | 1.481* (0.306) | 1.266 (0.285) | ||||
College degree | 1.421** (0.198) | 1.401*** (0.170) | 1.981*** (0.425) | 2.253*** (0.542) | ||||
Importance of religion (Ref: not at all) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 0.875 (0.096) | 1.121 (0.136) | 0.542*** (0.080) | 0.97 (0.195) | ||||
Quite/very | 0.446*** (0.048) | 0.605*** (0.070) | 0.285*** (0.043) | 0.321*** (0.068) | ||||
Working while in college (Ref: Never) | ||||||||
Sometimes | 1.507*** (0.141) | 1.442*** (0.135) | 2.069*** (0.274) | 1.640*** (0.290) | ||||
Regularly | 1.690*** (0.227) | 1.531*** (0.195) | 2.083*** (0.389) | 1.866*** (0.444) | ||||
In a relationship | 0.91 (0.078) | 1.174** (0.093) | 0.714*** (0.089) | 0.878 (0.134) | ||||
Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 1.219* (0.141) | 1.159 (0.134) | 1.141 (0.190) | 1.272 (0.306) | ||||
Quite/yes | 1.143 (0.156) | 1.585*** (0.207) | 1.066 (0.209) | 1.800** (0.469) | ||||
Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
Somewhat | 1.169 (0.125) | 1.119 (0.118) | 0.924 (0.142) | 1.152 (0.239) | ||||
Quite/yes | 0.913 (0.131) | 0.991 (0.136) | 0.949 (0.190) | 1.203 (0.306) | ||||
Constant | 1.386 (0.877) | 2.282 (1.554) | 1.03 (0.660) | 1.233 (0.846) | 1.775 (1.701) | 3.874 (3.940) | 0.602 (0.768) | 0.806 (1.097) |
N | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 |