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Table 6 Results from the final step of the hierarchical logistic regression predicting year 3 sexual initiation (N = 932)

From: Psychosocial predictors of sexual initiation and high-risk sexual behaviors in early adolescence

Variable OR CI
Sixth Grade   
Male Gender 1.87** (1.32–2.66)
SES risk 1.16 (0.98–1.36)
African-American 1.14 (0.64–2.05)
Hispanic 1.10 (0.59–2.06)
Depression 1.20 (0.95–1.53)
Anxiety 0.91 (0.72–1.16)
Posttraumatic stress 0.90 (0.68–1.17)
Problems with SU (log) 1.10 (0.89–1.37)
Nonviolent delinquency (log) 0.94 (0.75–1.20)
Violent delinquency (log) 1.05 (0.86–1.28)
Change   
Depression slope 1.09 (0.87–1.36)
Anxiety slope 0.79* (0.64–0.99)
Post-traumatic stress slope 1.03 (0.80–1.31)
Problems with SU slope 1.27* (1.04–1.56)
Nonviolent delinquency slope 1.21 (0.95–1.54)
Violent delinquency slope 1.55** (1.26–1.91)
  1. Continuous variables are standardized; odds ratios reflect one standard deviation increase.
  2. CI = 95% confidence interval.
  3. * Coefficient is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  4. ** Coefficient is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)