TABLE 1—

Sample Characteristics and Suicidality: 2008 Boston Youth Survey Geospatial Data Set, Boston, MA

Characteristic	Sexual Minority (n = 102), % or Mean (SD)	Heterosexual (n = 1071), % or Mean (SD)	t Value or χ2 Statistic	P
Age, y	16.25 (1.27)	16.32 (1.27)	t = −0.54	.59
Gender			χ2 = 23.51	< .001
Male	21.57	46.54
Female	78.43	53.46
Race/ethnicity			χ2 = 6.95	.139
White, non-Hispanic	11.88	9.94
Black, non-Hispanic	31.68	44.07
Hispanic	38.61	31.93
Asian	6.93	7.17
Other	10.89	6.88
Nativity status			χ2 = 0.78	.377
US-born	77.45	73.42
Foreign-born	22.55	26.58
Suicide ideation			χ2 = 48.36	< .001
Yes	32.35	9.43
No	67.65	90.57
Suicide attempt			χ2 = 53.47	< .001
Yes	16.67	2.43
No	83.33	97.57

Note. Descriptive statistics presented are for youths who answered both suicide outcomes (n = 1173).