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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2011 May 14;41(3):649–657. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9768-7

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants who were asked both sexual identity questions (n = 2,077).

Response option categories Gender Race Class year*



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