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Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression, drinking

From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy

Y = Drinking (Ref: Never)

Sometimes

Often/very often

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

  1. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. Region where respondents attend university is included in all models