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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 10 Response categories for the covariates included in the models of Tables 6 and 7

From: The end of “Catholic” sexuality in Italy?

Covariate

Response categories

Age at interview

Continuous variable

Area of residence during teenage years

North-west of Italy (ref.), north-east, center, south-islands, abroad

Population size of the municipality of residence during teenage years

Less than 10,000 (ref.), between 10,000 and 100,000, more than 100,000

Parents’ education level

Both low (junior high school or lower) (ref.), father low/mother high (high school diploma or higher), father high/mother low, both high

Father’s social class

High (manager, entrepreneur, executive, professional) (ref.), medium (employee, teacher, shopkeeper, artisan), low (agricultural worker, manual worker, shop assistant)

Mother worked during teenage years

Yes (ref.), no

Relationship with father

Absent/deceased (ref.), distant, balanced, intense

Relationship with mother

Absent/deceased (ref.), distant, balanced, intense

Parents divorced before the respondent was 16

Never of after age 16 (ref.), yes

Reaction to parents’ rules as a teen

Accepted (ref.), negotiated, refused, did not live with parents

Parents permitted respondent to return home late on Saturday nights during teenage years

No (ref.), yes

Body mass index at interview

Underweight (ref.), slightly underweight, normal, overweight, obese

Had at least three health problems during teenage years (e.g., eating disorder, insomnia, strong acne issues, stuttering, serious hearing or vision problems, excessive sweating of the hands, enuresis, halitosis)

No (ref.), yes

Satisfied with own physical appearance during teenage years

No (ref.), not much, almost, yes

Graduation score upon completion of middle school and high school

Both low (ref.), high/low, low/high, both high

Type of high school attended

Lyceum (ref.), technical school, vocational school

  1. Source: authors’ elaboration on SIS and SELFY survey data