Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
From: Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents
Variable | Population characteristics |
|---|---|
Categorical variables | |
Gender | |
Male | 52% |
Female | 48% |
Ethnicity | |
White | 97.3% |
Non-white | 2.7% |
Family type | |
Natural parents | 64.7% |
Natural parent + step parent | 12.6% |
Single parent | 21.5% |
Grand/foster parents | 1.2% |
Number of siblings | |
Single child | 7.4% |
Not single child | 92.6% |
Religion | |
None | 62.6% |
Christian | 36.6% |
Other | 1.3% |
Religiosity | |
Religious | 9.6% |
Not religious | 90.4% |
Average weekly spending money (from pocket money or work)* | |
<£10 | 22.6% |
£10–20 | 60.2% |
>£20 | 17.2% |
Type of housing | |
Owner occupied | 7.9% |
Rented/council | 27.1% |
Other/don't know | 15.0% |
Family employment | |
Wage earner in family | 87.8% |
Unemployed | 4.1% |
Other non-wage earner | 4.3% |
Occupation not known | 3.8% |
Highest family educational attainment | |
College/university | 47.0% |
Highers | 6.9% |
Standard grades | 10.9% |
Left school age 16 | 14.1% |
Don't know | 21.1% |
Feel able to talk with parents about private matters | |
Both parents | 17.9% |
Either parent | 34.3% |
Neither parent | 47.9% |
Aspirations to continue education after age 16 | |
Very likely/likely | 70.5 |
Unsure/unlikely/very unlikely | 29.5% |
Continuous variables | |
Age (range 13.1–16.5 years) | Mean 14 years 8 months (sd 0.6 years) |
Self-esteem (range 1–4 where 1 is higher self esteem) | Median score 2.0 (interquartile range (IQR) 1.8–2.5) |
Parental monitoring (range 1–4 where 1 is higher parental monitoring) | Median score 2.3 (IQR 1.5–2.8) |
Enjoyment of school (range 1–4 where 1 is higher enjoyment of school) | Median score 2.0 (IQR 1.7–2.3) |