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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2020 Oct 17;68(6):1155–1161. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.034

Table 1. Descriptive statistics key variables across sexual orientation and gender identity groups.

Lesbian/gay
(N = 4,014)
Bisexual
(N = 3,272)
Questioning
(N = 2,168)
Transgender
(N = 78,761)
Nontransgender
(N = 72,305)
Heterosexual
(N = 1,027)
DV % occurrence
   Verbal DV victimization, % (n) 20.78 (198) 24.78 (944) 11.64 (347) 21.33 (421) 9.42 (6,996) 8.65 (5,900)
   Physical DV victimization, % (n) 11.31 (108) 12.03 (458) 5.72 (170) 10.55 (208) 4.11 (3,053) 3.69 (2,518)
   Sexual DV victimization, % (n) 13.64 (130) 19.39 (737) 9.15 (272) 16.67 (328) 6.23 (4,622) 5.58 (3,801)
   Verbal DV perpetration, % (n) 8.41 (80) 8.55 (325) 5.07 (150) 7.41 (146) 4.40 (3,258) 4.17 (2,838)
   Physical DV perpetration, % (n) 3.46 (33) 3.92 (149) 2.54 (75) 3.96 (78) 1.64 (1,217) 1.52 (1,037)
   Sexual DV perpetration, % (n) 3.89 (37) 1.61 (61) 2.17 (64) 3.76 (74) 1.11 (822) 1.07 (731)
   Peer victimization, mean (SD) 1.45 (.68) 1.51 (.68) 1.35 (.60) 1.57 (.77) 1.24 (.46) 1.23 (.44)
Bullying % every day, % (n)
   Bullying based on gender 3.21 (32) 1.27 (50) 1.50 (47) 4.70 (98) .31 (241) .29 (207)
   Bullying based on gender expression 4.31 (43) 2.48 (98) 2.64 (83) 5.84 (122) .83 (643) .75 (535)
   Bullying based on sexual orientation 7.02 (70) 2.78 (110) 1.97 (62) 6.75 (141) .46 (355) .35 (246)
Parental abuse % occurrence, % (n)
   Psychological parental abuse 28.26 (269) 31.81 (1,203) 20.07 (596) 32.09 (630) 12.83 (9,502) 11.81 (8,043)
   Physical parental abuse 22.79 (217) 24.51 (926) 17.14 (509) 24.48 (482) 11.18 (8,264) 10.42 (7,079)
   Witnessing domestic abuse 12.67 (121) 14.65 (554) 10.39 (309) 14.61 (288) 6.12 (4,529) 5.62 (3,816)
   Sexual abuse by family member 8.73 (83) 8.65 (325) 5.00 (148) 9.23 (182) 2.11 (1,588) 1.74 (1,183)

Sample sizes of sexual and gender identity groups differ for specific measures.

DV = dating violence.