TABLE 1—
Sample Demographics and Adjusted Odds Ratios for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts by Sexual Orientation Among Adolescents and Young Adults: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 2001–2002
| Unweighted Total (Weighted %) | ||||
| Total Sample, No. (%) | Non-LGB, No. (%) | LGB, No. (%) | Adjusted Wald F a or AOR (95% CI) | |
| Gender | 14.37** | |||
| Female | 7478 (49.1) | 7207 (48.7) | 271 (60.1) | |
| Male | 6711 (50.9) | 6535 (51.3) | 176 (39.9) | |
| Raceb | ||||
| White | 8955 (74.0) | 8648 (73.8) | 307 (81.2) | 5.62* |
| African American | 2978 (15.8) | 2905 (16.0) | 73 (9.9) | 6.59* |
| Native American | 410 (2.4) | 397 (2.3) | 13 (2.4) | 0.01 |
| Asian | 1056 (3.9) | 1031 (4.0) | 25 (2.3) | 2.64 |
| Biracial | 589 (3.6) | 566 (3.6) | 23 (4.0) | 0.12 |
| Ethnicity | 0.72 | |||
| Hispanic | 2307 (11.7) | 2212 (11.6) | 95 (13.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 11 860 (88.3) | 11 510 (88.4) | 350 (86.6) | |
| Residence at wave 1c | 0.91 | |||
| Urban | 7671 (51.8) | 7408 (51.5) | 263 (55.1) | |
| Nonurban | 6405 (48.2) | 6 226 (48.5) | 179 (44.9) | |
| Suicidal ideationd | 2.94 (2.06, 4.19) | |||
| Yes | 841 (6.6) | 762 (6.3) | 79 (17.2) | |
| No | 12 997 (93.4) | 12 638 (93.7) | 359 (82.8) | |
| Suicide attempte | 2.96 (1.41, 6.21) | |||
| Yes | 218 (1.7) | 198 (1.6) | 20 (4.9) | |
| No | 13 616 (98.3) | 13 199 (98.4) | 417 (95.1) | |
Note. LGB = lesbian, gay, or bisexual; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Mean age was 22.3 years for both LGB and non-LGB respondents, with standard errors of 0.17 and 0.12 years, respectively.
aUsed in place of χ2 for weighted data.
bRespondents who identified with 2 or more races were classified as biracial and excluded from the other racial categories.
cResidence in an urban or nonurban area at Wave 1 determined by census tract.
dSuicidal ideation within the past 12 months was measured with 1 item, which was dichotomized. Reference is LGB respondents. Adjusted for race, gender, and age.
eSuicide attempts within the past 12 months was measured with 1 item, which was dichotomized. Reference is LGB respondents. Adjusted for race, gender, and age.
*P ≤.05; **P = .019; ***P ≤.001.