College Hookups: Understanding The Background Factors Author and Investigator: Dominic Strangman Faculty Advisor: Dr. Akiko Yoshida University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Department of Sociology, Criminology, & Anthropology Introduction This study looks at what makes college students want to “hookup” with someone. Fortunato (2010) Study showed a positive correlation between amount of high school hookups and college hookups Twenty-eight percent (28%) of high school students asked, reported that they had engaged in a hook-up encounter at least once LaBrie (2014) The results from this study stated that 2/3rds of participants were drinking prior to their most recent hook up Nearly a quarter of those surveyed had met the person they hooked up with that night Hamilton (2009) Gender difference between males and females Males with more hookups seen as “Manly” Females with more hookups seen as a “Slut” or “easy” Males see hookup as a way for sex with no strings attached Females see hookups as a way to start a relationship Purpose of this study To be able to better understand hookup patterns To be able to provide people with a better safe sex knowledge Methods Survey was completed completely online in the spring of 2016, participation solicited via email to all UWW students The population was: UW-W students age of 18 or above There was no sampling involved in this study, all of the population was encouraged to participate Out of the 11,142 surveyed, 1,193 responded (10.7% response rate) Participants were first asked basic demographic questions, (Gender, Race, Religion) then asked about past hookup experience as well as alcohol habits Participants were then presented a series of hypothetical hookup scenarios and were asked if they would hook up in the situation presented Freshmen were found to be less likely to engage in hookups compared to upperclassman Participants who had previously engaged in a penetrative hookup are more likely to engage in a hookup than those who had previously not Participants who had reported recreational drug use within the past year were more likely to engage in a hookup than those who had not Table 1. Logistic Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting a Stranger Hookup in Males (N=358) Odds Ratio Penetrative Hookup in High School 3.787*** 1.830^ 1.762^ Drug Use in the Past Year   3.338*** 3.253*** Binge Drinking in High School 4.133*** 4.957*** Year in School 1.386*  Note: ^p<.10 *p<.05 **p<.01. ***p<.001 Results Table 2. Logistic Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting a Stranger Hookup in Females (N=752) Odds Ratio Penetrative Hookup in High School 3.128*** 2.260*** 2.289*** Drug Use in the Past Year   1.847** 1.841** Binge Drinking in High School 1.898** 1.889** Year in School 1.196^ Note: ^p<.10 *p<.05 **p<.01. ***p<.001 Descriptive Stats   Gender Male 358 (32.3%) Female 752 (67.7%) Year in School Freshmen 217 (19.3%) Sophomore 249 (22.1%) Junior 269 (23.9%) Senior 301 (26.7%) High School Binge Drinking Yes 430 (38.3%) No 692 (61.7%) Been Involved in a Previous Hookup Yes 817 (72.8%) No 305 (27.2%) Penetrative Hookup in High School Yes 390 (35.0%) No 723 (65.0%) Main Hypotheses People who have had penetrative hookups in high school are more likely to hookup in college than students who did not have a penetrative hookup in high school. Binge drinkers are more likely to hookup than someone who is not a binge drinker. Freshmen will be more likely to engage in hookups compared to upperclassmen Sources Fortunato, L., Young, A. M., Boyd, C. J., & Fons, C. E. (2010). Hook-up sexual experiences and problem behaviors among adolescents. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 19(3), 261-278. Hamilton, L., & Armstrong, E. A. (2009). Gendered sexuality in young adulthood: Double binds and flawed options. Gender & Society, 23(5), 589-616. LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Ghaidarov, T. M., Lac, A., & Kenney, S. R. (2014). Hooking up in the college context: The event-level effects of alcohol use and partner familiarity on hookup behaviors and contentment. Journal of Sex Research, 51(1), 62-73.