Table 3.
Sexual Violence Victimization Past 12 Months by Demographic Characteristics, U.S. High School Students - YRBS, 2017
| Experienced sexual violence victimizationa | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||||
| Demographic characteristics | No % | Yes % | χ2 p-value | No % | Yes % | χ2 p-value |
| Race/ethnicityb | 0.1400 | <0.001 | ||||
| Whitec | 52.7 | 44.7 | 51.6 | 56.9 | ||
| Blackc | 13.4 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 10.0 | ||
| Hispanic | 23.9 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 22.7 | ||
| Grade | 0.5565 | 0.7430 | ||||
| 9 | 27.7 | 24.6 | 27.0 | 26.1 | ||
| 10 | 25.7 | 26.8 | 25.7 | 26.0 | ||
| 11 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 25.6 | ||
| 12 | 22.5 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 22.4 | ||
| Sexual identity | <0.0001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Heterosexual | 92.9 | 68.2 | 81.4 | 70.7 | ||
| Gay or lesbian | 1.8 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| Bisexual | 2.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 21.1 | ||
| Not sure | 3.0 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). n=14,036; Males=6,888, Females=7,148.
a
During the 12 months before the survey.
b
Non-Hispanic.
c
Race/ethnicity other not presented because of limited interpretability.
YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey.