Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics, Media Use, and Victimization and Suicide Risk Among U.S. High School Students.
| Characteristicsa | Males (n = 7,749)
|
Females (n = 7,757)
|
p Valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Race/ethnicityc | |||||
| Whited | 3,370 | 53.6 | 3,460 | 55.5 | .4951 |
| Blacke | 837 | 14.1 | 821 | 13.1 | |
| Hispanic | 2,541 | 22.2 | 2,559 | 22.4 | |
| Grade | |||||
| 9th | 1,963 | 28.1 | 2,025 | 26.4 | .4405 |
| 10th | 1,964 | 25.0 | 1,956 | 26.5 | |
| 11th | 1,979 | 24.1 | 1,938 | 23.7 | |
| 12th | 1,788 | 22.8 | 1,802 | 23.5 | |
| Sexual identity | |||||
| Heterosexual | 6,779 | 93.1 | 6,105 | 84.5 | <.0001 |
| Gay, lesbian, or bisexual | 332 | 4.3 | 901 | 11.8 | |
| Not sure | 199 | 2.6 | 296 | 3.7 | |
| Current alcohol use (past 30 days) | 2,216 | 32.2 | 2,414 | 33.5 | .3958 |
| Current marijuana use (past 30 days) | 1,778 | 23.2 | 1,553 | 20.1 | .0312 |
| Media use/average school day | |||||
| ≥3 hr watching TV | 2,004 | 25.0 | 1,988 | 24.4 | .6085 |
| ≥3 hr playing video games, computer games, or using a computer (not for school work) | 3,164 | 40.6 | 3,319 | 42.8 | .2018 |
| Watched TV ≥3 hr a day and spent ≥3 hr playing video games, computer games, or using a computer (not for school work) | 1,120 | 13.3 | 1,056 | 12.8 | .5263 |
| Experienced bullying | |||||
| Electronically bullied | 717 | 9.7 | 1,531 | 21.7 | <.0001 |
| Bullied on school property | 1,202 | 15.8 | 1,733 | 24.8 | <.0001 |
| Both bullied electronically and on school property | 441 | 5.8 | 989 | 14.3 | <.0001 |
| Experienced dating violencec | |||||
| None | 4,485 | 90.4 | 3,993 | 78.6 | <.0001 |
| Physical dating violence only | 228 | 4.2 | 328 | 5.8 | |
| Sexual dating violence only | 130 | 2.3 | 477 | 9.7 | |
| Both physical and sexual dating violence | 143 | 3.1 | 309 | 5.9 | |
| Suicide risk | |||||
| Seriously considered suicide | 936 | 12.2 | 1,852 | 23.4 | <.0001 |
| Made a plan to attempt suicide | 774 | 9.8 | 1,535 | 19.4 | <.0001 |
| Attempted suicide | 360 | 5.5 | 831 | 11.6 | <.0001 |
| Any suicide risk (yes to at least one of the three suicide variables) | 1,221 | 16.1 | 2,170 | 27.3 | <.0001 |
a
Sample size for each variable may not sum to total sample size given variation in missing data.
b
Chi-square.
c
Race/ethnicity “other” is not reported due to limited interpretability.
d
Non-Hispanic.
e
Among the 4,986 male and 5,107 female students who reported dating during the past 12 months, and who had complete data for each of the dating violence variables.