TABLE 2
RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS DIFFERENCES IN SEXUAl BEHAVIOR (BASED ON DATA FROM GEBHARD & JOHNSON, 1979)

Sample size and proportion

Table

numberItem Black
college
White
non-college
White
college
19Genetic father's age at respondent's birth: 189 =.60 677 =.46 3385 =.43
- "26-30 and under" 3131471 7872
20Genetic mother's age at respondent's birth: 275=.79 1026=.67 5415=.67
26-30 and under" 3481532 8082
28Respondent's age at genetic father's death: 65=.53" 243=.35" 966=.42b
"18 and under" 123695 2300
29Respondent's age at genetic mother's death: 49=. 53b 175 =. 37" 663=46b
"19 and under" 93472 1441
30Age respondent left parental home: 104=.56b 639= .61b 1767=49"
"21 years or under" 1861048 3606
31Number of siblings: 215=.54b 977= 55b6423=71"
"2 and under" 3991777 9047
53Age at puberty (aggregate measure): 292=73b 1238=69b 6970= .77"
"13 years and under" 4001794 9052
69Estimated length of erect penis: 105=.65b 403=.82b 3059=.81
Less than or equal to 6.50 inches" 161791 3777
70Measured length of erect penis: 30=.51 86=.60.b 1497=63"
- "Less than or equal to 6.25 inches" 59143 2376
71Measured length of flaccid penis 40=.68 126=89" 2117=89
- "Less than or equal to 4.50 inches" 59142 2379
72Measured circumference of flaccid penis: 41=70" 104=76b 1825=.79"
"Less than or equal to 4.00 inches 59137 2310
74Angle of penile erection: 102 4503473
164 5854396
- "Penis almost vertical or down from - = .62b =77b= 79"
vertical as much as ... 85"b
90Average length of menstrual cycle: 129 4281983
"28 days or less" 155595 2916
=.83" =72"=.68b
91Average length of menstrual flow: 80 2301044
148 5742983
"4 days or under" =54" =40h=35b
.
99Periodicity of female sexual response: 36 153710
173 7672839
"No periodicity" =21=20b = .25b
100Age hymen broken: 67 175414
126 5461594
- "18 years or under" =53" =32".=26b
135Incidence of prepubertal heterosexual 116 215814
techniques: 4001789 9045
"Coitus" =.29"- =.12=.09
183Reason for worry about masturbation: 13 56390
"Moral (guilt, shame)" 41206 1027
=.32" =. 27"=.38"
199Age of first premarital petting: 241 9313929
- " 15 years and under" 388. 1663 8731
=.62" =.56"=.45b
218Age first postpubertal coitus: 171 5141186
17 years and tinder" 3351286 5651
=.5 1 =.40b.=.21b
227Intention to have premarital coitus: 81 6543509
368 14877311
"No intention" =.22" =.44b=.48b
228Moral restraint on premarital coitus: 195 9935926
"Much" 3971655 8845
=.49" =.60b=.67b
239Number of premarital coital companions: 169 5503068
- "5 partners or fewer" 307786 4202
=.55b = 70b= 73b
268Incidence and type of nonmarital 102 6653938
pregnancy: 310864 4633
- "Never" = .68b=.77" = .85,
291Duration of first marriage: 93 3261446
176 10533443
- = .53b =.31"=. 42b
-"Under 5 years"
297Time elapsed between marriage and first 53 4281108
marital coitus in first marriage: 67620 1705
"One day or less" =. 79b=.69b = 65b
301Time before first birth in first marriage: 14 86218
- 62 5741815
- "9-11 months" =.23" =.15=.12
308Clarity of contraceptive data for first 25 147172
marriage: 1761051 3432
- "Clearly none used in this marriage" =.14b=.14b =.05"
322Frequency of cunnilingus in foreplay in first 139 6361576
marriage: 1741043 3426
- "None" =.801,=.61" =.46b
323Frequency of fellatio in foreplay in first 146 6791710
marriage: 1741044 3420
None" =.84" =.65"=.50b
324Time between intromission and ejaculation 89 6752057
in coitus in first marriage: 158951 3164
- "<6 minutes" =.56=.71 =.65
326Frequency (mean) per week of marital

coitus in first marriage- "Age 21-25"

3.83: 3.32 3.11
327Maximum frequency of marital coitus in 110 6162043
first marriage 167: 934 3349
- "7 per/week or less" =.66b.=.66b = . 61"
329Frequency of positions in coitus in first 16134 546
172 10333415
marriage: female above, male supine: =.09"=.13b =.16"
- "Much"
340Average number of wife's orgasms per act 2392 304
173 10263376
of coitus in first marriage: - =.091,=.13" =.16
342Incidence of extramarital sexual activity in 31390 1047
first marriage: 1751053 3439
- "None" =.17"=.37b =.30b
348Year of first marriage in which first extra 40112 199
marital coitus occurred: 78448 867
- "Within first 2 years" =.51" =.25"=.23"
351Number of extramarital companions during 93763 2573
first marriage: 1731045 3431
- "Zero" =.54"=.73b =.75"
355Expectation of future extramarital coitus: 50445 1751
"Will not have" 131695 2779
.38" 64b63"
367Incidence of sexual contact with 96506 3285
prostitutes: 177766 4693
- "Never" =.54b=.66h =.70b
374Incidence of fellatio with prostitutes: 44116 605
"Never" 70228 1164
=.63b =.51 =.52b

Note. From Rushton& Bogaert (1988, pp. 265-268, Table 1). Copyright 1988 by Academic Press. Reprinted with permission. Within each item, those proportions of respondents answering in each category having different superscripts were significantly different (p < .05). The table number and item are from the "cleaned" Kinsey data by Gebhard & Johnson (1979).