Table 1.
Socio-demographics by outness with at least one accepting parent/guardian among 14-to-17-year-old sexual minority males in the United States.
| Total | Out | Not out | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 151 | n = 79 | n = 72 | ||
| Socio-demographics | n (%) | n (%) | u (%) | X2 |
| Recruitment source | 0.2 | |||
| 77 (51) | 39 (50) | 38 (53) | ||
| 57 (38) | 31 (40) | 26 (36) | ||
| From a friend | 16 (11) | 8 (10) | 8 (11) | |
| Region | 8.7* | |||
| Northeast | 26 (17) | 12 (15) | 14 (19) | |
| Midwest | 37 (25) | 27 (35) | 10 (14) | |
| South | 41 (27) | 18 (23) | 23 (32) | |
| West | 46 (31) | 21 (27) | 25 (35) | |
| Age | 3.7 | |||
| 14 | 9 (6) | 7 (9) | 2 (3) | |
| 15 | 31 (21) | 18 (23) | 13 (18) | |
| 16 | 69 (46) | 32 (41) | 37 (51) | |
| 17 | 42 (28) | 22 (28) | 20 (28) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 12.2** | |||
| White | 78 (52) | 47 (60) | 31 (43) | |
| Latino | 40 (27) | 21 (27) | 19 (26) | |
| Black/African American | 16 (11) | 8 (10) | 8 (11) | |
| Mixed Race/Another Race | 16 (11) | 2 (3) | 14 (19) | |
| Currently enrolled in school | 150 (99) | 79 (100) | 71 (99) | 1.1 |
| Live in parents’/guardians’ s home | 147 (97) | 76 (96) | 71 (99) | 0.8 |
| Metropolitan residence | 130 (87) | 69 (90) | 61 (85) | 0.8 |
| Employed ≥ part-time | 39 (26) | 22 (28) | 17 (24) | 0.4 |
| Sexual Orientation | 7.6 | |||
| Gay | 79 (53) | 47 (60) | 32 (44) | |
| Bisexual | 58 (39) | 27 (35) | 31 (43) | |
| Heterosexual | 8 (5) | 1 (1) | 7 (10) | |
| Queer/Another sexual orientation | 5 (3) | 3 (4) | 2 (3) | |
| m (SD) | m (SD) | m (SD) | t | |
| Age realized sexually attracted to males | 12 (2) | 12 (2) | 12 (2) | 0.8 |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01.