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Table 1 Student characteristics from intact families and divorced families

From: Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students

Characteristics

Intact family

N = 45,646

N (%)

Divorced family

N = 5,478

N (%)

Age, years

  

 17–18

14,625 (32.04%)

1680 (30.67%)

 19–20

22,964 (50.31%)

2801 (51.13%)

 21–24

8057 (17.65%)

997 (18.20%)

 Mean (SD)

19.29 (1.35)

19.32 (1.37)

Sex

  

 Female

29,807 (65.30%)

3846 (70.21%)

 Male

15,839 (34.70%)

1632 (29.79%)

Home district

  

 Urban

35,143 (76.99%)

4736 (86.45%)

 Rural

10,503 (23.01%)

742 (13.55%)

Home region

  

 Eastern

20,837 (45.65%)

2268 (41.40%)

 Middle

13,096 (28.69%)

1490 (27.20%)

 Western

11,713 (25.66%)

1720 (31.40%)

Household economic status

  

 Low

11,147 (24.42%)

1805 (32.95%)

 Medium

17,432 (38.19%)

2032 (37.09%)

 High

17,067 (37.39%)

1641 (29.96%)

Paternal education level

  

 No formal school

2200 (4.82%)

454 (8.29%)

 Elementary school

7536 (16.51%)

769 (14.04%)

 Junior and senior high school

27,351 (59.92%)

3067 (55.98%)

 College and above

8559 (18.75%)

1188 (21.69%)

Maternal education level

  

 No formal school

4400 (9.64%)

507 (9.26%)

 Elementary school

10,891 (23.86%)

932 (17.00%)

 Junior and senior high school

23,677 (51.87%)

2975 (54.31%)

 College and above

6678 (14.63%)

1064 (19.43%)

Perceived parental marital quality

7.44 (2.15)

3.22 (2.62)

 Mean (SD)

Ever had sexual intercourse

9106 (19.95%)

1658 (30.27%)

Sexual abuse

  

 Forced to expose the genitals

1876 (4.11%)

356 (6.50%)

 Forced to be kissed or fondled the genitals

4241 (9.29%)

840 (15.33%)

 Forced to have oral intercourse

653 (1.43%)

173 (3.16%)

 Forced to have penetrative vaginal or anal intercourse

498 (1.09%)

142 (2.59%)