Journal of Population Sciences
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
Y = How often practice sports (Ref: never) | Sometimes | Often | Very often | |||||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||
Sexual identity (Ref: heterosexual) | ||||||||||||
Bisexual | 0.363*** (0.123) | 0.394*** (0.137) | 1.102 (0.375) | 1.171 (0.403) | 0.150*** (0.068) | 0.168*** (0.078) | 1.133 (0.420) | 1.137 (0.429) | 0.210*** (0.088) | 0.238*** (0.103) | 0.959 (0.405) | 0.919 (0.394) |
Homosexual | 0.526 | 0.535 | 1.246 | 1.35 | 0.563 | 0.696 | 0.733 | 0.801 | 0.383* | 0.474 | 1.885 (1.123) | 1.962 (1.181) |
(0.255) | (0.267) | (0.690) | (0.752) | (0.279) | (0.354) | (0.500) | (0.551) | (0.210) | (0.267) | |||
Age | 1.052 (0.046) | 1.033 (0.046) | 1.018 (0.040) | 1.032 (0.041) | 1.021 (0.046) | 1.017 (0.047) | 1.017 (0.043) | 1.023 (0.045) | 1.013 (0.046) | 1.002 (0.047) | 1.034 (0.047) | 1.018 (0.048) |
Parents’ education (Ref: < then high school) | ||||||||||||
High school | 1.33 (0.240) | 1.193 (0.152) | 1.629** (0.311) | 1.602*** (0.241) | 1.652** (0.327) | 1.656*** (0.269) | ||||||
College degree | 1.426* (0.278) | 1.635*** (0.246) | 1.767*** (0.362) | 2.728*** (0.468) | 2.265*** (0.477) | 2.256*** (0.424) | ||||||
Importance of religion (Ref: Not at all) | ||||||||||||
Somewhat | 1.604*** (0.246) | 1.058 (0.161) | 1.608*** (0.252) | 1.054 (0.176) | 1.544*** (0.246) | 0.84 (0.148) | ||||||
Quite/very | 1.303* (0.196) | 1.154 (0.171) | 1.287 (0.199) | 1.248 (0.202) | 1.23 (0.194) | 0.866 (0.148) | ||||||
Working while in college (Ref: Never) | ||||||||||||
Sometimes | 2.474*** (0.375) | 0.983 (0.116) | 2.425*** (0.375) | 1.15 (0.150) | 2.900*** (0.455) | 1.492*** (0.209) | ||||||
Regularly | 1.137 (0.215) | 1.066 (0.187) | 1.186 (0.228) | 1.721*** (0.315) | 1.640*** (0.314) | 2.438*** (0.466) | ||||||
In a relationship | 1.349** (0.174) | 1.011 (0.101) | 1.159 (0.154) | 0.982 (0.109) | 1.284* (0.173) | 1.08 (0.130) | ||||||
Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||||||
Somewhat | 0.947 (0.168) | 1.101 (0.161) | 1.066 (0.190) | 0.901 (0.150) | 0.946 (0.172) | 1.043 (0.184) | ||||||
Quite/yes | 0.821 (0.163) | 0.792 (0.130) | 0.608** (0.125) | 0.763 (0.140) | 0.547*** (0.114) | 0.786 (0.155) | ||||||
Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||||||
Somewhat | 1.308* (0.209) | 0.994 (0.132) | 1.15 (0.187) | 1.372** (0.206) | 1.219 (0.202) | 0.923 (0.147) | ||||||
Quite/yes | 1.062 (0.217) | 1.316 (0.232) | 1.109 (0.233) | 1.636** (0.319) | 1.2 (0.257) | 1.396 (0.288) | ||||||
Constant | 0.913 (0.855) | 0.514 (0.512) | 0.774 (0.640) | 0.428 (0.371) | 1.02 (0.989) | 0.399 (0.412) | 0.37 (0.339) | 0.153* (0.148) | 1.225 (1.204) | 0.484 (0.506) | 0.174* (0.172) | 0.153* (0.159) |
N | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 |