Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of school climate at wave 3 for male and female youth and by school
| Male | Female | School 1 | School 2 | School 3 | School 4 | School 5 | School 6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | % nevere | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Perceived willingness to intervene by: | |||||||||
| Teachers or school personnela | 2.45 (1.17) | 2.46 (1.14) | 22.4 | 2.31 (1.09) | 2.51 (1.07) | 2.82 (1.29) | 2.67 (0.58) | 2.63 (0.92) | 2.40 (1.20) |
| Fellow studentsa | 1.63 (0.98) c | 1.93 (1.01) | 50.5 | 1.79 (0.95) | 1.75 (1.04) | 2.04 (1.09) | 1.67 (0.58) | 1.25 (0.46) | 1.79 (1.04) |
| Youth themselvesb | 2.63 (1.10) c | 3.07 (1.02) | 11.1 | 2.96 (1.05) | 2.79 (1.13) | 2.91 (0.99) | 3.00 (1.73) | 3.25 (1.17) | 2.83 (1.10) |
| Occurrence of LGBTQ name-callingd | 3.46 (1.36) c | 2.64 (1.15) | – | 3.08 (1.26) | 2.77 (1.31) | 2.40 (1.16) | 4.33 (1.16) | 3.38 (1.41) | 3.17 (1.33) |
a Participants reported the frequency of these occurences on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = never to 5 = frequently)
b Participants reported their likelihood to intervene on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not likely to 5 = likely)
c Univariate difference between male and female youth
d Participants reported the frequency of these occurences on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = never to 5 = frequently)
e Percentage of participants who reported that they themselves, their teachers, or their fellow students “never” intervened when witnessing LGBTQ name-calling