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Table 5 Multinomial logistic regression, physical activity

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

Y = How often practice sports (Ref: never)

Sometimes

Often

Very often

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

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