Table 3.
Endorsement of Sexual Orientation Developmental Milestones by Gender and Sexual Orientation Group for Female (N=1235) and Male (N=398) Young Adults, Ages 22 to 29 Years, in the Growing Up Today Study who Reported Any Same-Gender Orientation in 2010
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| Milestones | Lesbian (n = 84) | Bisexual (n = 127) | Mostly heterosexual (n = 776) | Hetero w/same-gender sexual experience (n = 248) | Sexual Orientation Comparison (p-values) | Sexual Orientation Comparison (Cramer’s v) |
| Same-gender attraction | 98 | 98 | 86 | 48 | <.001 | 0.43 |
| Other-gender attraction | 71 | 99 | 100 | 100 | <.001 | 0.50 |
| Same-gender sexual experience | 95 | 77 | 43 | 100 | <.001 | 0.51 |
| Other-gender sexual experience | 93 | 100 | 99 | 100 | <.001 | 0.19 |
| Sexual minority identity | 94 | 95 | 68 | 20 | <.001 | 0.49 |
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| Males (%) | ||||||
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| Milestones | Gay (n = 98) | Bisexual (n = 16) | Mostly heterosexual (n = 188) | Hetero w/same-gender sexual experience (n = 96) | Sexual Orientation Comparison (p-values) | Sexual Orientation Comparison (Cramer’s v) |
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| Same-gender attraction | 100 | 100 | 64 | 15 | <.001 | 0.64 |
| Other-gender attraction | 43 | 100 | 100 | 99 | <.001 | 0.70 |
| Same-gender sexual experience | 95 | 63 | 31 | 100 | <.001 | 0.68 |
| Other-gender sexual experience | 51 | 88 | 95 | 97 | <.001 | 0.53 |
| Sexual minority identity | 92 | 69 | 69 | 10 | <.001 | 0.61 |
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| Females vs. Males (p-values) | ||||||
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| Milestones | Lesbian/gay | Bisexual | Mostly heterosexual | Hetero w/same-gender sexual experience | ||
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| Same-gender attraction | .21 | 1.00 | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| Other-gender attraction | <.001 | 1.00 | - | .48 | ||
| Same-gender sexual experience | 1.00 | .22 | .003 | - | ||
| Other-gender sexual experience | <.001 | .01 | <.001 | .02 | ||
| Sexual minority identity | .57 | .003 | .89 | .04 | ||
Note. The sexual minority identity milestone refers to lifetime sexual minority identification reported prior to sexual orientation endorsed in 2010. Sexual orientation in 2010 was used to create the sexual orientation subgroups. Reported p-values are from chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact tests. No p-value is reported for gender differences in endorsement of sexual experience by heterosexuals with same-gender sexual experience because both groups reported 100% endorsement. 100% endorsement of sexual experience reported for heterosexuals with same-gender sexual experience was by design. Also, p-value for gender differences in other-gender attraction among mostly heterosexuals was not reported because all participants reported other-gender attraction.