TABLE 1—
Prevalance of Truancy, Poor Grades, and Victimization in High School Students Across Sexual Identity and Race/Ethnicity: Pooled Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, United States, 2005-2007
| Females (n = 29 169) |
Males (n = 27 820) |
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| Total, % (No.) | Truancya (n = 29 169), % | Poor Gradesb (n = 18 778), % | Victimizationc (n = 29 169), % | Total, % (No.) | Truancya (n = 27 820), % | Poor Gradesb (n = 18 137), % | Victimizationc (n = 27 820), % | |
| Overall | 100 (29 169) | 6.3 | 5.8 | 28.8 | 100 (27 820) | 6.2 | 10.1 | 46.2 |
| Sexual Identity | ||||||||
| Lesbian | 1.0 (300) | 13.1 | 15.7 | 50.1 | 1.5 (383) | 19.2 | 13.1 | 46.8 |
| Bisexual | 5.2 (1522) | 10.1 | 17.8 | 52.4 | 1.7 (514) | 20.5 | 17.7 | 56.3 |
| Unsure | 2.4 (800) | 17.8 | 2.8 | 36.9 | 2.3 (645) | 16.9 | 11.3 | 48.4 |
| Heterosexual | 91.4 (26 547) | 5.8 | 5.2 | 27.1 | 94.5 (26 278) | 5.5 | 9.9 | 45.9 |
| Race/ethnicityd | ||||||||
| African American | 22.9 (4725) | 8.8 | 9.3 | 40.0 | 20.7 (4257) | 6.9 | 18.5 | 50.9 |
| Hispanic | 17.0 (4228) | 7.9 | 13.3 | 31.4 | 16.2 (3824) | 9.5 | 20.5 | 59.8 |
| Asian American | 6.3 (2532) | 4.2 | 4.1 | 16.2 | 7.8 (2757) | 7.5 | 6.1 | 32.4 |
| Other | 8.6 (3571) | 10.0 | 10.7 | 40.8 | 8.3 (3512) | 10.0 | 17.6 | 56.7 |
| White | 45.2 (14 113) | 3.9 | 4.3 | 21.6 | 47.0 (13 470) | 3.8 | 7.5 | 43.2 |
Note. All numbers are unweighted while all percentages utilize adjusted sampling weights.
Truancy defined as not going to school for ≥ 1 day in the past 30 days because of feeling unsafe.
Poor Grades defined as receiving mostly D’s and F’s over the past 12 months.
Victimization defined in this table as indicating any fighting/victimization across the seven scale items.
Other ethnicity defined as Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native, or multiple ethnicity groups. May not total to full number because of missing values on the race/ethnicity item.