. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 18.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Child Youth Family Stud. 2014 Jan 1;5(1):89–112. doi: 10.18357/ijcyfs.saewyce.512014

Table 1.

School characteristics and experiences by sexual orientation and gender

	Boys
	LGB n=346	Mostly Heterosexual n=840	Heterosexual n=10,055	χ²
GSA at school (%)
GSA before 2005	13.3	17.5	13.5
GSA between 2005 & 2007	22.7	20.0	17.8	11.06^*
Explicit policy (%)
Policy before 2005	14.1	17.9	13.4
Policy between 2005 & 2007	7.3	6.8	5.2	13.04^**
Suicidal ideation (%)	34.9	24.2	7.5	361.44^***
Suicide attempts (%)	23.4	9.1	2.5	385.53^***
Sexual-orientation discrimination	50.4	17.0	3.7	1139.26^***
Despair (%)	51.6	38.7	18.3	274.15^***

	Girls
	LGB n=377	Mostly Heterosexual n=914	Heterosexual n=10,930	χ²
GSA at school (%)
GSA before 2005	13.4	17.0	14.1
GSA between 2005 & 2007	19.0	18.4	18.2	ns
Explicit policy (%)
Policy before 2005	13.3	19.4	14.8
Policy between 2005 & 2007	6.1	6.2	5.1	24.86^***
Suicidal ideation (%)	43.8	25.8	11.5	541.20^***
Suicide attempts (%)	26.5	12.4	4.9	429.63^***
Sexual-orientation discrimination	38.5	8.7	1.3	1920.11^***
Despair (%)	65.7	50.4	31.3	387.88^***

Notes: All ns are weighted,

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.