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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep;24(9):2703–2719. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02827-z

Table 1.

Description of the sample

Count % of N M SD
Age (n=491) a 16.56 1.30

Race (n=481)
White 213 44.3
African-American/Black 76 15.8
Hispanic/Latino 142 29.5
Asian 17 3.5
Other/mixed race 33 6.9

Geographic location (n=481)
South 213 44.3
West 111 23.1
Northeast 77 16.0
Midwest 80 16.6

Sexual Orientation (n=483)
Gay 312 64.6
Bisexual 127 26.3
Queer/Pansexual 29 6.0
Unsure/Questioning 10 2.1
Other 5 1.0

Outness to Parents
Out to mother (n=485) 307 63.3
Out to father (n=453) 223 49.2
Out to both mother and father (n=448) 216 48.2

Acceptance of Outness, Mother (n=307)
Not accepting 28 9.1
Somewhat not accepting 38 12.4
Somewhat accepting 83 27.0
Accepting 158 51.5

Acceptance of Outness, Father (n=223)
Not accepting 37 16.6
Somewhat not accepting 41 18.4
Somewhat accepting 62 27.8
Accepting 83 37.2

HIV status (n=491)
HIV-negative 251 51.1
Never been HIV tested 232 47.3
HIV-unknown 8 1.6

Lifetime Sexual activity (n=491)
Kissing 150 30.5
Touching a genital 167 34.0
Oral Sex 141 28.7
Vaginal sex 87 17.7
Anal sex 288 58.7

Number of lifetime condomless anal sex partners (n=280) b 2.32 3.63

Number of lifetime condomless anal sex partners (n=288) c 4.31 7.76

Lifetime condomless anal sex partners (%) (n=278) d 59.0 40.1

Note. Ranges:

a

13–18.99

b

0–25

c

0–70

d

0–100