Table 3.
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Past-Year Sadness/Hopelessness and Suicidal Ideation Among Bisexual Youth
| Sadness/hopelessness | Suicidal ideation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main effects | Main effects+bullying | Main effects | Main effects+bullying | |||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Black | 0.45 | 0.36–0.56 | 0.53 | 0.41–0.68 | 0.49 | 0.36–0.66 | 0.59 | 0.41–0.85 |
| Hispanic | 0.78 | 0.57–1.05 | 0.85 | 0.59–1.21 | 0.85 | 0.64–1.13 | 0.94 | 0.66–1.35 |
| Other | 0.80 | 0.58–1.11 | 0.87 | 0.59–1.30 | 0.88 | 0.62–1.26 | 0.92 | 0.61–1.38 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Female | 1.81 | 1.49–2.19 | 1.95 | 1.55–2.47 | 1.34 | 0.99–1.81 | 1.42 | 0.97–2.06 |
| Bullying | ||||||||
| In-person | 2.26 | 1.75–2.93 | 1.90 | 1.37–2.63 | ||||
| Electronic | 1.78 | 1.38–2.30 | 1.63 | 1.19–2.23 | ||||
Bold font indicates significance at p < 0.05; models control for age and survey year. Interaction effects are not presented because the overall F-tests for the interactions between race/ethnicity and sex were not significant.