. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 21.

Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Jan 29;89:203–211. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.01.005

Table 5.

Study 2: Disproportionality Representation Index of Sexual Minority Youth Involved in Child Welfare and Foster Care Placement Relative to the General Population

	General Population Metrics	LGB Youth in Child Welfare	LGB Youth in Foster Care
NSCAW % LGB		15.6%	29.5%
Add Health (1994)^a	6.3%	DRI^c = 2.48	DRI = 4.68
2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2015)^b	8.0%	DRI = 1.95	DRI = 3.69

ages 12–18, based on measures of same-sex romantic attraction (see Study 1 of this paper)

ages 12–18, based on measures of sexual identity (Kann et al., 2017)

$D R I = \frac{% LGBQ Youth in the NSCAW}{% LGBQ Youth in the General Population}$