Table 2.
A comparison of demographic characteristics based upon involvement in “sexting” (online, via text messaging, and in-person) in the past year for younger and older youth
| Demographic characteristics | Younger youth (13–15 years old; n=1617)
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Older youth (16–18 years old; n=2098)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No “sexting” (96%, n=1555) |
“Sexting” (4%, n=62) |
p-value | No “sexting” (89%, n=1893) |
“Sexting” (11%, n=205) |
p-value | |
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| M (SE) | M (SE) | M (SE) | M (SE) | |||
| Age | 14.0 (0.02) | 14.4 (0.1) | <0.001 | 17.0 (0.02) | 17.0 (0.07) | 0.56 |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |||
| Female | 46.4 (813) | 55.7 (38) | 0.24 | 52.7 (1111) | 62.2 (140) | 0.03 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 17.8 (132) | 11.7 (6) | 0.28 | 16.7 (216) | 31.6 (43) | <0.001 |
| Lesbian, gay, bisexual or other non-heterosexual identity | 3.0 (48) | 15.4 (11) | <0.001 | 4.6 (79) | 12.2 (28) | <0.001 |
| Race | 0.85 | 0.08 | ||||
| White | 71.5 (1244) | 73.5 (52) | 67.5 (1376) | 58.5 (129) | ||
| Black/African American | 13.9 (117) | 15.2 (4) | 14.2 (217) | 19.9 (39) | ||
| All other | 14.6 (194) | 11.3 (6) | 18.3 (300) | 21.6 (37) | ||
| Household income lower than average | 25.6 (325) | 23.9 (16) | 0.78 | 28.9 (479) | 31.1 (53) | 0.58 |
| Region | 0.25 | 0.12 | ||||
| Urban | 25.3 (378) | 35.3 (17) | 28.3 (557) | 34.5 (72) | ||
| Suburban | 33.0 (652) | 24.5 (21) | 31.2 (727) | 24.3 (65) | ||
| Small town | 41.7 (525) | 40.2 (24) | 40.5 (609) | 41.2 (68) | ||
| Born-again Christian | 27.5 (410) | 28.4 (13) | 0.91 | 28.9 (519) | 18.0 (38) | 0.003 |
| Type of school | 0.71 | 0.64 | ||||
| Public | 86.9 (1310) | 90.2 (55) | 86.3 (1620) | 89.1 (184) | ||
| Private | 7.8 (156) | 4.0 (3) | 7.8 (176) | 6.4 (15) | ||
| Home schooled | 5.1 (86) | 5.8 (4) | 3.5 (63) | 1.8 (3) | ||
| Not in school | 0.2 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 2.4 (34) | 2.7 (3) | ||
| Caregiver education attainment high school or less | 27.5 (286) | 23.1 (10) | 0.61 | 30.3 (400) | 35.4 (47) | 0.23 |