Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the total sample and by sexual minority status (n = 564)
| Demographic | Total sample | Sexual minority | Completely |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 564), | adolescents | heterosexual | |
| n (%)a | (n = 130), | adolescents | |
| n (%)b | (n = 434), n(%)b | ||
| Age, years | |||
| 14–15 | 146 (25.9) | 51 (39.2) | 95 (21.9) |
| 16–17 | 358 (63.5) | 63 (48.5) | 295 (68.0) |
| 18–19 | 60 (10.6) | 16 (12.3) | 44 (10.1) |
| p value* | .0004 | ||
| Grade | |||
| 9th | 63 (11.2) | 31 (23.9) | 32 (7.4) |
| 10th | 111 (19.7) | 27 (20.8) | 84 (19.4) |
| 11th | 160 (28.4) | 29 (22.3) | 131 (30.2) |
| 12th | 219 (38.8) | 41 (31.5) | 178 (41.0) |
| p value* | .001 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Black or African- | 164 (29.1) | 40 (30.8) | 124 (28.6) |
| American | |||
| Hispanic or Latina | 208 (36.9) | 43 (33.1) | 165 (38.0) |
| Asian or other | 88 (15.6) | 14 (10.8) | 74 (17.1) |
| Multiracial | 50 (8.9) | 14 (10.8) | 36 (8.3) |
| American-Indian or | 26 (4.6) | 6 (4.6) | 20 (4.6) |
| Pacific Islander | |||
| White | 28 (5.0) | 13 (10.0) | 15 (3.5) |
| p value* | .10 | ||
| Born in the United | 490 (86.9) | 117 (90.0) | 376 (85.9) |
| States | |||
| p value* | .20 | ||
| Mean percent of | .15 (.54) | .14 (.53) | .15 (.54) |
| students eligible for | |||
| free lunch at school | |||
| [mean (standard | |||
| deviation)] | |||
| p value** | .32 |
a
Column percents.
b
Row percents.
*
p Values for categorical variables derived from Wald log-linear chi-square tests for clustered data. Significance set at p <.05.
**
p Values for continuous variables derived from linear regression models for clustered data. Significance set at p <.05.