Table 2 Description of number of dating partners and sexual partners
Girls (n = 282) | Boys (n = 190) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Currently datinga(n = 124) | Currently non-datinga(n = 156) | Currently datinga(n = 90) | Currently non-datinga(n = 100) | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | % (freq) | Mean (SD) | % (freq) | p | Mean (SD) | % (freq) | Mean (SD) | % (freq) | p | ||
Number of dating partners ever had | 0 | 0.0 (0) | 44.5 (69) | 0.000 | 0.0 (0) | 23.0 (23) | 0.014 | ||||
1 | 22.2 (26) | 25.2 (39) | 18.4 (16) | 26.0 (26) | |||||||
2 or more | 77.8 (91) | 30.3 (47) | 81.6 (71) | 51.0 (51) | |||||||
Total | 1.78 (0.42) | 0.86 (0.86) | 0.000 | 1.82 (0.39) | 1.28 (0.82) | 0.004 | |||||
Number of current dating partners | 0 | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (156) | - | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (100) | - | ||||
1 | 75.8 (94) | 0.0 (0) | 68.9 (62) | 0.0 (0) | |||||||
2 or more | 24.2 (30) | 0.0 (0) | 31.1 (28) | 0.0 (0) | |||||||
Total | 1.24 (0.43) | 0 (−) | - | 1.31 (0.47) | 0 (−) | - | |||||
Number of sex partners in the past 3 months | 0 | 58.8 (10) | 87.5 (7) | - | 50.0 (17) | 88.9 (16) | - | ||||
1 | 41.2 (7) | 12.5 (1) | 29.4 (10) | 11.1 (2) | |||||||
2 or more | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 20.6 (7) | 0.0 (0) | |||||||
Total | 0.20 (0.41) | 0.05 (0.28) | 0.193 | 0.47 (0.71) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.006 | |||||