. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 28.

Published in final edited form as: Am Educ Res J. 2016 Oct 23;53(6):1732–1758. doi: 10.3102/0002831216674804

Table 2.

Descriptive Data for Demographic Comparisons: Sexual Orientation and Race/Ethnicity

Sexual Orientation

Race/Ethnicity

Sexual Min. (n = 181)

Heterosexual (n = 79)

η_{p}^{2}

Racial Min. (n = 76)

White (n = 184)

η_{p}^{2}

Engagement

2.92 (0.94)

2.55 (1.01)

8.45^**

.03

2.47 (1.13)

2.95 (0.87)

13.51^**

.05

M. duration

1.75 (1.22)

1.14 (1.08)

14.52^**

.05

1.41 (1.22)

1.65 (1.20)

2.09

—

LGB friends

3.76 (1.47)

2.57 (1.64)

33.64^***

.12

3.03 (1.54)

3.55 (1.62)

5.90^*

.02

Trans friends

1.00 (1.22)

0.39 (0.71)

17.07^***

.06

0.55 (0.92)

0.93 (1.18)

6.18^*

.02

Sup/soc received

4.53 (0.58)

4.30 (0.86)

6.30^**

.02

4.36 (0.82)

4.49 (0.61)

1.93

—

Structure

3.12 (0.73)

2.94 (0.69)

3.55

—

2.93 (0.78)

3.10 (0.70)

2.77

—

Open climate

4.73 (0.51)

4.39 (0.89)

15.49^***

.06

4.51 (0.87)

4.68 (0.56)

3.38

—

Note. Values represent the means and standard deviations (in parentheses) of scores for each demographic group. Engagement = level of youth engagement in the GSA; M. duration = membership duration in number of years; LGB friends = number of LGB friends; trans friends = number of transgender friends; sup/soc received = amount of support/socializing received from the GSA; structure = perceived level of structure within the GSA; open climate = perceived level of open climate within the GSA; sexual min. = sexual minority youth; racial min. = racial/ethnic minority youth; GSA = Gay-Straight Alliance.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.