TABLE 1—
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Youths by Gender, Grade, and Bullied Status: 2010 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey
| 8th Grade |
10th Grade |
12th Grade |
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| Total, % (95% CI) | Bullied Because of PSO, % (95% CI) | Bullied for Other Reasons, % (95% CI) | Not Bullied, % (95% CI) | P | Bullied Because of PSO, % (95% CI) | Bullied for Other Reasons, % (95% CI) | Not Bullied, % (95% CI) | P | Bullied Because of PSO, % (95% CI) | Bullied for Other Reasons, % (95% CI) | Not Bullied, % (95% CI) | P | |
| Male students | |||||||||||||
| Overall for males | 14 (13, 15) | 18 (16, 19) | 68 (66, 79) | 11 (10, 12) | 14 (13, 15) | 75 (73, 77) | 9 (8, 10) | 9 (8, 10) | 82 (80, 83) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | < .01 | < .01 | < .01 | ||||||||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 53 (50, 56) | 53 (48, 58) | 49 (43, 54) | 45 (40, 50) | 52 (45, 58) | 60 (54, 64) | 54 (49, 58) | 54 (47, 59) | 58 (51, 65) | 60 (56, 64) | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 5 (4, 5) | 4 (3, 6) | 3 (2, 5) | 5 (4, 6) | 6 (4, 7) | 3 (1, 4) | 5 (4, 7) | 8 (5, 11) | 5 (3, 7) | 4 (3, 5) | |||
| Hispanic | 17 (15, 20) | 11 (7, 15) | 17 (11, 22) | 21 (16, 26) | 18 (12, 24) | 16 (11, 20) | 18 (14, 23) | 14 (8, 18) | 17 (12, 22) | 15 (11, 19) | |||
| Asian | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (4, 10) | 7 (4, 10) | 7 (5, 9) | 4 (2, 6) | 6 (4, 8) | 6 (5, 8) | 7 (4, 10) | 7 (4, 10) | 6 (5, 8) | |||
| Other or unknown | 19 (17, 20) | 25 (21, 28) | 24 (21, 28) | 22 (20, 24) | 20 (17, 24) | 15 (13, 19) | 17 (16, 19) | 17 (14, 22) | 13 (10, 16) | 15 (13, 16) | |||
| Maternal education | .14 | .27 | .4 | ||||||||||
| < college | 38 (36, 40) | 30 (30, 37) | 31 (27, 35) | 33 (30, 37) | 38 (33, 43) | 33 (29, 38) | 36 (34, 39) | 40 (36, 45) | 37 (34, 39) | 36 (32, 43) | |||
| ≥ college | 46 (44, 48) | 46 (42, 51) | 45 (40, 50) | 42 (37, 45) | 48 (43, 53) | 52 (46, 57) | 48 (44, 53) | 49 (44, 54) | 55 (49, 61) | 54 (49, 61) | |||
| Missing | 16 (15, 17) | 24 (21, 27) | 24 (21, 28) | 25 (23, 28) | 14 (11, 17) | 15 (13, 18) | 16 (14, 17) | 11 (8, 14) | 8 (5, 11) | 10 (9, 12) | |||
| Female students | |||||||||||||
| Overall for females | 11 (10, 12) | 25 (23, 26) | 65 (63, 67) | 10 (9, 11) | 18 (17, 19) | 72 (71, 74) | 6 (5, 6) | 15 (13, 16) | 80 (78, 81) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | < .01 | < .01 | < .01 | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 53 (50, 56) | 44 (38, 50) | 49 (42, 54) | 48 (42, 54) | 51 (45, 56) | 59 (54, 64) | 54 (49, 59) | 59 (53, 65) | 59 (53, 64) | 58 (53, 63) | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 4 (3, 4) | 5 (3, 7) | 4 (2, 5) | 4 (3, 5) | 4 (2, 5) | 2 (1, 3) | 3 (2, 4) | 5 (2, 9) | 4 (2, 6) | 3 (2, 4) | |||
| Hispanic | 18 (15, 20) | 19 (13, 24) | 21 (14, 27) | 18 (13, 24) | 15 (11, 19) | 15 (10, 21) | 18 (13, 23) | 8 (5, 14) | 15 (10, 20) | 17 (12, 22) | |||
| Asian | 7 (6, 8) | 6 (3, 8) | 7 (5, 9) | 8 (6, 10) | 6 (4, 8) | 5 (3, 7) | 8 (6, 10) | 7 (3, 10) | 7 (5, 9) | 7 (5, 9) | |||
| Other or unknown | 18 (18, 20) | 26 (23, 31) | 19 (18, 23) | 22 (19, 24) | 24 (21, 28) | 19 (16, 21) | 17 (15, 18) | 21 (16, 24) | 15 (12, 18) | 15 (13, 16) | |||
| Maternal education | < .01 | .18 | .31 | ||||||||||
| < college | 38 (36, 40) | 42 (36, 48) | 35 (32, 39) | 32 (28, 36) | 40 (36, 45) | 38 (34, 41) | 36 (33, 40) | 40 (34, 46) | 36 (32, 40) | 40 (36, 43) | |||
| ≥ college | 48 (46, 50) | 37 (32, 42) | 42 (37, 46) | 46 (42, 51) | 48 (44, 51) | 51 (47, 55) | 51 (47, 55) | 52 (46, 58) | 54 (50, 59) | 52 (48, 56) | |||
| Missing | 14 (13, 15) | 21 (17, 24) | 23 (20, 26) | 22 (20, 24) | 12 (10, 15) | 11 (9, 13) | 13 (12, 15) | 8 (4, 11) | 10 (7, 12) | 8 (7, 9) | |||
Note. CI = confidence interval; PSO = perceived sexual orientation. Data were analyzed for students who completed forms with quality of life, depressed mood, and considered suicide items. The sample sizes were as follows: females, 8th grade, n = 4113, 10th grade, n = 5379, and 12th grade, n = 4270; and males, 8th grade, n = 3803, 10th grade, n = 4852, and 12th grade, n = 4125.