TABLES: Family Characteristics and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Men in the United States

	Pespectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 34, Number 5, September/October 2002
	Family Characteristics and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Men in the United States TABLES

TABLE 2. Zero-order correlations among variables used in analysis of factors influencing black men's sexual behavior
Variable	Mother's education	Mother's employment	Family structure	Religiosity	Education	Marital status	Age at first sex	Annual no. of partners†
Mother's education	na	.16***	.00	-.01	.17***	-.15***	-.07*	.16***
Mother's employment		na	-.05	-.03	.06*	-.08***	-.11***	.09***
Family structure			na	.07*	-.09***	.06*	.08***	-.11***
Religiosity				na	.11***	.15***	.11***	-.08***
Education					na	.10***	.13***	-.08***
Marital status						na	.09***	-.33***
Age at first sex							na	-.40***
Annual no. of partners†								na
p<.05. *p<.001. †Estimated by dividing the lifetime number of partners by the number of years since the respondent turned 18 (expressed as natural log). Note:* na=not applicable.

TABLE 3. Standardized regression coefficients from structural equation models examining the effect of individual and family characteristics on sexual behavior among black men
Variable	Model one			Model two
Variable	Education	Age at first sex	Annual no. of partners†	Age at first sex	Annual no. of partners†
Mother's education	.165*	-.053	.na	.na	.na
Working mother	.na	-.095*	.027	-.104*	.na
>Lived with both parents at age 12	.na	.073*	-.062*	.072*	-.062*
Religiosity	.na	.na	-.007	.na	.na
Education	.na	.na	.002	.na	.na
Married	.na	.na	-.296*	.na	-.297*
Age at first sex	.na	.na	-.366*	.na	-.369*
R²	.027	.019	.239	.017	.237
*² for model (df)	82.5 (8)			7.5 (2)
Goodness of fit index	.981			.997
Adjusted goodness of fitindex	.916			.980
Root mean squared error of approximation	.091			.049
p<.05. †Estimated by dividing the lifetime number of partners by the number of years since the respondent turned 18 (expressed as natural log). Note:* na=not applicable, because no relationship was expected or, for model two, because the result in model one was not significant.

TABLE 1. Means (and standard deviations) of variables used in analysis of factors influencing black men's sexual behavior, 1991 National Survey of Men (N=1,125)
Variable	Mean (SD)
Outcome
Age at sexual initiation (range, 9-34)	15.19 (2.95)
Annual no. of partners since age 18 (range, 0.05-33.33)†	2.42 (3.77)
Individual
Yrs. of education (range, 0-21)	12.91 (2.00)
Religiosity (range, 0-1)‡	0.53 (0.50)
Marital status (range, 0-1)‡	0.42 (0.49)
Family
Mother's yrs. of education (range, 0-21)	11.67 (2.87)
Mother's employment status when respondent was
aged 5-15 (range, 0-1)‡	0.82 (0.39)
Family structure at age 12 (range, 0-1)‡	0.59 (0.49)
†Estimated by dividing the lifetime number of partners by the number of years since the respondent turned 18. ‡The higher score indicates religious attendance at least once a month, married status, at least six months of employment and presence of both parents.