Table 3.

Sexual Orientation Discordance, by Demographic Characteristics and Other Selected Variables Among High School Students, National YRBS, 2015

Characteristics	Sexual orientation discordance
	No		Yes		p-valuec
	na	%b (95% CI)	na	%b (95% CI)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual	6,529	96.7 (95.9, 97.4)	247	3.3 (2.6, 4.1)	<0.001
Gay/Lesbian	130	68.1 (57.4, 77.1)	64	31.9 (22.9, 42.6)
Sex
Males	3,771	98.0 (97.2, 98.6)	95	2.0 (1.4, 2.8)	<0.001
Females	2,888	93.6 (91.8, 95.1)	216	6.4 (4.9, 8.2)
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	2,981	97.2 (95.9, 98.0)	122	2.8 (2.0, 4.1)	0.047
Black, non-Hispanic	771	94.0 (90.6, 96.2)	56	6.0 (3.8, 9.4)
Hispanic	2,173	95.4 (94.1, 96.4)	100	4.6 (3.6, 5.9)
Grade
9 and 10	2,693	95.7 (94.2, 96.8)	134	4.3 (3.2, 5.8)	0.198
11 and 12	3,935	96.5 (95.6, 97.2)	170	3.5 (2.8, 4.4)
High risk for non-fatal suicidal behaviorsd
Yes	1,481	92.2 (90.2, 93.9)	148	7.8 (6.1, 9.8)	<0.001
No	5,178	97.3 (96.4, 97.9)	163	2.7 (2.1, 3.6)
Bullied on school propertye
Yes	1,245	95.1 (93.4, 96.3)	92	4.9 (3.7, 6.6)	0.044
No	5,386	96.4 (95.4, 97.2)	213	3.6 (2.8, 4.6)
Ever drank alcohol
Yes	5,197	95.9 (94.8, 96.8)	260	4.1 (3.2, 5.2)	0.064
No	1,242	97.1 (95.7, 98.1)	39	2.9 (1.9, 4.3)
Ever used marijuana
Yes	3,751	95.6 (94.3, 96.5)	198	4.4 (3.5, 5.7)	0.003
No	2,724	97.3 (96.2, 98.0)	90	2.7 (2.0, 3.8)
Ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse
Yes	597	91.0 (86.5, 94.0)	69	9.0 (6.0, 13.5)	0.004
No	6,002	96.7 (95.8, 97.4)	237	3.3 (2.6, 4.2)

Notes: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

^aSample n is unweighted.

^bPercent is weighted.

^cp-value is comparing characteristics by no versus yes of sexual orientation discordance using chi-square test.

^dSeriously considered attempting suicide, made a plan about how they would attempt suicide, or attempted suicide during the past 12 months.

^eDuring the past 12 months.

YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey.