Study Else-Quest et al. (2005): study US 1992
- Public
- 18-59 aged, USA, 1992
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3425
- Non Response
- 21.4 %
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Context of first sexual experience
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Totals on page 5 and 18 (Table 8) do not match. See also spreadsheet.
- Distribution
- See spreadsheet ELSEQ2005C7
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Context of first sexual experience
0: Positive
1: Negative
The context is negative if any of the following criteria were met:
a In the first vaginal intercourse
- forced by the partner
- was with a blood relative
- paid to have sex
- peer pressure
- under influence of drugs or alcohol
b Had been touched sexually by an adult prior to puberty.
The definition of a negative context for women (but not men) also included situations in which the first intercourse was with:
- someone they knew but not well
- someone they had just met
- a stranger
Observed Relation with Happiness
0: positive Ma = 3,66 (SD = 0,95) (N=2365)
1: negative Ma = 3,39 (SD = 1,02) (N= 819)
difference -0,27
0 positive Ma = 3,68 (SD = 0,93) (N=1145)
1 negative Ma = 3,39 (SD = 1,00) (N= 311)
difference -0,29
0 positive Ma = 3,64 (SD = 0,97) (N=1220)
1 negative Ma = 3,40 (SD = 1,04) (N= 508)
difference -0,24
- age
- education
- use of alcohol