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VariableQuestion
age.at.first.intercourse At what age did you first have vaginal intercourse?
age.at.first.intercourse.r This collapses 12-15 into 15 or younger, 19-23 into 19 or above
age.at.first.masturbated.orgasm At what age did you first masturbate to orgasm?
age.at.first.masturbation At what age did you first masturbate
attempted.rape
attempted.rape..location.before.incident
attempted.rape..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, has someone tried to physically force you to have sexual intercourse, but you got out of the situation without having intercourse?’ or, at the event-level, ‘Did someone try to physically force you to have sexual intercourse, but you got out of the situation without having intercourse?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
dates.greek Since you started college, with how many people have you been on dates with whom you were NOT already in a relationship, where... ...the date DID NOT involve going to a fraternity, sorority, or dorm event?
ever.alternated.between.partners Have you ever had sex with one person, then had sex with another partner, then had sex with the first person?
ever.been.in.love Would you say that you have ever been in love with someone?
ever.had.multiple.ongoing.sexual.partnerships Have you ever had two ongoing sexual partnerships involving intercourse at the same time?
ever.had.sex.outside.exclusivity Have you ever had intercourse outside of an exclusive relationship?
ever.regretted.hookup Have you ever hooked up with someone and afterwards regretted that you hooked up?
ever.respected.someone.less.after.hooking.up Have you ever hooked up with someone and then respected the person less because he or she hooked up with you?
ever.suspected.that.your.hookup.partner.respected.you.less.after Have you ever hooked up with someone and afterward had the feeling that the person respected you less because you hooked up with him/her?
finished.off.partner For individual events, this quesion asks, 'Did you perform oral sex or hand stimulation of your partner because you did not want to have intercourse, but felt you should give them an orgasm?' whereas, at the student-level, this question asks, 'Since you started college, have you ever performed oral sex or hand stimulation of a partner to orgasm mainly because you didn't want to have intercourse, but felt like you needed to give them an orgasm one way or another?'
kissed.or.made.out
you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
you.stimulated.partners.genitals
partner.stimulated.your.genitals
you.performed.oral.sex
partner.performed.oral.sex
had.vaginal.intercourse
you.penetrated.partners.bottom
partner.penetrated.your.bottom
you.stimulated.your.genitals
partner.stimulated.own.genitals
you.had.an.orgasm
partner.had.an.orgasm
kissed.or.made.out.in.public
kissed.or.made.out.in.private
Which sexual behaviors did you engage in? (Check all that apply.). -- These are asked with respect to the partner in dating, hookups, and relationships, but by partner's gender, if one *ever* engaged in these behaviors, in sexual history. As such, this gender-nonspecific series is constructed for sexual histories, whereas for the occurrences, these reflect the questionnaire. Note also that for occurrences, respondents were asked whether they kissed or made out, wherein sexual histories this was split into two questions, about public/private kissing, and as such, these two variables are only available in sexual histories (which a correspond privacy-nonspecific version constructed to match those in the per-occurrence data). Finally, under Relationships, there's a separate heading covering the sexual activities which ever occurred during the respondent's most recent relationship.
incapacitated
incapacitated..location.before.incident
incapacitated..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, has someone had sexual intercourse with you that you did not want when you were drunk, passed out, asleep, drugged, or otherwise incapacitated?’ or, in your most recent date/hookup/relationship, ‘Did someone have sexual intercourse with you that you did not want when you were drunk, passed out, asleep, drugged, or otherwise incapacitated?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
last.time.masturbated When was the last time you masturbated?
num.partners How many people have you had intercourse with?
num.partners_r This is a simplified categorical based on num.partners, used in the regressions.
pressured
pressured..location.before.incident
pressured..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, have you had sexual intercourse that you did not want because someone verbally pressured you?’ or, during your most recent date/hookup/relationship, ‘Did you have sexual intercourse that you did not want because someone verbally pressured you?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
prior.hookups This variable sums prior.hookups.with.strangers and prior.hookups.with.people.you.knew. As these were truncated at 15, this variable may be inaccurate in [15, 30] for individuals who reported the maximum in either of those questions.
prior.hookups.with.people.you.knew How many people have you hooked up with in the case where you were not already in a romantic relationship with the person but you did know him or her?
prior.hookups.with.people.you.knew_r This is a simplified categorical based on prior.hookups.with.people.you.knew.
prior.hookups.with.strangers How many people have you hooked up with whom you didn't know before that night?
prior.hookups.with.strangers_r This is a simplified categorical based on prior.hookups.with.strangers.
rape
rape..location.before.incident
rape..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, have you had sexual intercourse that was physically forced on you?’ or, at the event-level, ‘Did you have sexual intercourse that was physically forced on you?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
regretted.how.far.hookup.went Have you ever hooked up with someone and afterwards regretted how far things went sexually?
times.partner.rejected.exclusivity Since you started college, how many times have you initiated such a talk, and had the other person respond that they didn't want an exclusive relationship now?
times.you.rejected.exclusivity Referring to the situation above, how many times have you had someone you were seeing initiate a talk to define the relationship as exclusive, where you responded that you didn't want an exclusive relationship now?
typically.call.after.hookup.just.to.be.polite.event.if.no.interest Do you typically contact a partner after a hookup, just to be polite, even if you're not interested in seeing the person again?
virgin The 'virgin' variable uses age at first intercourse, not num.partners, but you'll notice that the numbers here don't agree with num.partners == 0. You might also note that a tiny number of people who've indicated that they've had casual sex also report having had 0 partners; and a non-trivial fraction of these report just 1 partner. One possibility is that students are not consistently including casual partners in their count of partners.
with.male.partner..kissed.or.made.out
with.male.partner..you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
with.male.partner..partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
with.male.partner..you.stimulated.partners.genitals
with.male.partner..partner.stimulated.your.genitals
with.male.partner..you.performed.oral.sex
with.male.partner..partner.performed.oral.sex
with.male.partner..had.vaginal.intercourse
with.male.partner..you.penetrated.partners.bottom
with.male.partner..partner.penetrated.your.bottom
with.male.partner..you.stimulated.your.genitals
with.male.partner..partner.stimulated.own.genitals
with.male.partner..you.had.an.orgasm
with.male.partner..partner.had.an.orgasm
with.female.partner..kissed.or.made.out
with.female.partner..you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
with.female.partner..partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
with.female.partner..you.stimulated.partners.genitals
with.female.partner..partner.stimulated.your.genitals
with.female.partner..you.performed.oral.sex
with.female.partner..partner.performed.oral.sex
with.female.partner..had.vaginal.intercourse
with.female.partner..you.penetrated.partners.bottom
with.female.partner..partner.penetrated.your.bottom
with.female.partner..you.stimulated.your.genitals
with.female.partner..partner.stimulated.own.genitals
with.female.partner..you.had.an.orgasm
with.female.partner..partner.had.an.orgasm
Which sexual activities have you ever engaged in with a male/female partner?