Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants in relations to sex (bivariate analyses)
| Characteristics | Total Sample N = 2315 N (%) or M (SD) |
Women (N = 1522) N (%) or M (SD) |
Men (N = 793) N (%) or M (SD) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (SD) | 20.49 (1.91) | 20.50 (1.89) | 20.48 (1.97) | .84 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 793 (34.25%) | |||
| Female | 1522 (65.75%) | |||
| Race | <.001 | |||
| White | 1734 (74.90%) | 1047 (68.79%) | 687 (86.63%) | |
| Black | 581 (25.10%) | 475 (31.21%) | 106 (13.37%) | |
| Sexual orientationa (N = 2290) | .45 | |||
| Heterosexual | 2038 (89.00%) | 1334 (88.64%) | 704 (89.68%) | |
| Sexual minority | 252 (11.00%) | 171 (11.36%) | 81 (10.32%) | |
| Highest parental educationb (N = 2290) | <.001 | |||
| Bachelor’s degree or above | 1222 (53.36%) | 713 (47.31%) | 509 (65.01%) | |
| Below a Bachelor’s degree | 1068 (46.64%) | 794 (52.69%) | 274 (34.99%) | |
| School type | <.001 | |||
| Private college/university | 940 (40.60%) | 564 (37.06%) | 376 (47.41%) | |
| State university | 669 (28.90%) | 371 (24.38%) | 298 (37.58%) | |
| Technical college | 423 (18.27%) | 335 (22.01%) | 88 (11.10%) | |
| HBCU | 283 (12.22%) | 252 (16.56%) | 31 (3.91%) | |
| Experience of racial discrimination | Yes = 839 (36.24%) | Yes = 603 (39.62%) | Yes = 236 (29.76%) | <.001 |
| Blacks reporting discrimination = 412 (70.91% of Blacks) | ||||
| Whites reporting discrimination = 427 (24.63% of Whites) | ||||
| Experience of sexual orientation discrimination | Yes = 203 (8.77%)# | Yes = 131 (8.61%) | Yes = 72 (9.08%) | .70 |
| Sexual minority reporting discrimination = 140 (55.56% of sexual minority students) | ||||
| Heterosexual students reporting discrimination = 58 (2.85% of heterosexual students) | ||||
| Depression score (N = 2284)d | 5.24 (5.62) | 4.65 (5.31) | 5.55 (5.75) | <.001 |
| Days of using alcohol within past 30 days | 3.58 (4.99) | 3.13 (4.51) | 4.45 (5.69) | <.001 |
| Use of any tobacco products* within past 30 days | <.001 | |||
| Yes | 399 (17.24%) | 217 (14.26%) | 182 (22.95%) | |
| Use of marijuana within past 30 daysc (N = 2220) | .31 | |||
| Yes | 278 (12.52%) | 175 (12.01%) | 103 (13.50%) | |
* Includes any use of cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, or hookahs within the past 30 days
a Data are missing for 25 participants who chose “Refuse” b Data are coded as missing for 25 participants who chose “Don’t know”
c Data are missing for 95 participants who chose “Refuse” d Data are coded as missing for 31 participants who chose “Refuse” on items of the PHQ-9 scale
# Discrepancy in sum is due to 4 students with missing sexual orientation data who reported discrimination
HBCU Historically Black Colleges/Universities, N Size of the Sample, M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, p Probability Value