Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants who were asked both sexual identity questions (n = 2,077).
Response option categories | Gender | Race | Class year* | ||||||
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Male (n=870) % | Female (n=1207) % | White (n=1409) % | Asian (n=278) % | Other (n=390) % | Freshmen (n=330) % | Sophomore (n=508) % | Junior (n=545) % | Senior (n=683) % | |
Three-category sexual identity | |||||||||
Heterosexual (n = 2003) | 42 | 58 | 68 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 33 |
Bisexual (n = 39) | 26 | 74 | 62 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 33 |
Lesbian/gay (n=35) | 74 | 26 | 77 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 34 | 34 |
Five-category sexual identity | |||||||||
Only heterosexual (n = 1841) | 43 | 57 | 68 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 33 |
Mostly heterosexual (n =169) | 26 | 74 | 71 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 35 |
Bisexual (n =26) | 23 | 77 | 58 | 12 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 42 |
Mostly lesbian/gay (n= 18) | 67 | 33 | 56 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 33 |
Only lesbian/gay (n =23) | 78 | 22 | 91 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 35 |
Note: There were 11 participants indicating “Heterosexual” on the three-category sexual identity question who did not respond with a class level; of these 11 participants, 8 indicated “Only heterosexual” and 3 indicated “Mostly heterosexual” on the five-category sexual identity question