Table 2.
Demographic characteristics by sexual identitya.
| Sexual identity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordant Heterosexual (sexual contact with opposite sex only) | Discordant Heterosexual (sexual contact with both sexes or same sex only) | Gay/Lesbian | Bisexual | |||||
| Demographic characteristics | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Overall | 6,570 | 84.6 | 247 | 2.8 | 199 | 2.1 | 622 | 7.5 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 3,735 | 57.4 | 66 | 24.5 | 94 | 47.0 | 95 | 16.6 |
| Female | 2,835 | 42.6 | 181 | 75.5 | 103 | 53.0 | 518 | 83.4 |
| Race/ethnicityb | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 2,955 | 55.6 | 105 | 42.5 | 60 | 34.2 | 271 | 51.7 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 750 | 14.3 | 42 | 22.5 | 39 | 30.9 | 73 | 14.8 |
| Hispanic | 2,142 | 22.0 | 76 | 26.3 | 72 | 23.4 | 187 | 22.9 |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 12–14 years | 411 | 5.3 | 24 | 9.5 | 16 | 8.3 | 60 | 9.1 |
| 15–16 years | 3,010 | 45.7 | 117 | 46.9 | 82 | 44.4 | 313 | 52.7 |
| 17 or more years | 3,141 | 49.0 | 105 | 43.6 | 101 | 47.4 | 247 | 38.2 |
a
Sample n is unweighted, percentage is weighted.
b
While racial/ethnic groups other than non-Hispanic black (“black”), non-Hispanic white (“white”), and Hispanic students (who might be of any race), were included in all analyses, their data were not presented because their sample size was insufficient for meaningful interpretation.