Table 1.

Selected sociodemographic characteristics of analytic sample

Characteristic	Total
	n*	%
Age (years)
16–19	656	41.30
20–24	932	58.70
Gender identity
Woman (including trans woman)	880	55.40
Man (including trans man)	649	40.90
Identify gender in another way†	59	3.70
Identify as trans
No	1511	95.80
Yes	53	3.40
Not sure	13	0.80
Prefer not to say	1	0.10
Sexual identity
Heterosexual/straight	1021	64.50
Bisexual	264	16.70
Multiple sexual identities‡	90	5.70
Gay or lesbian	65	4.10
Pansexual	45	2.80
Asexual	33	2.10
Queer	22	1.40
Not sure	25	1.60
Prefer not to say	9	0.60
Prefer to self-describe	8	0.50
Ethnicity
White Scottish or White British	1333	84.00
White, not Scottish or British	124	7.80
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British	54	3.40
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	41	2.60
Black African, Caribbean, Black Scottish or Black British	20	1.30
Other ethnic group	10	0.60
Prefer not to say	4	0.30
Not sure	1	0.10
Disability, physical or mental health condition
No	1170	73.80
Yes	327	20.60
Not sure	65	4.10
Prefer not to say	23	1.50
Main living arrangement in past year
With my family/carers (eg, parent or guardian)	797	50.90
In a flat or house share	331	21.10
With my partner	200	12.80
In student accommodation	118	7.50
On my own	107	6.80
Experienced homelessness/no fixed accommodation	9	0.60
In supported accommodation	5	0.30
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles
1 (most deprived)	252	19.30
2	238	18.20
3	230	17.60
4	260	19.90
5 (least deprived)	329	25.10

*Denominators vary across variables because of item non-response.

†Includes non-binary (n=38), prefer to self-describe (n=11) and prefer not to say (n=10).

‡Includes people who ticked multiple sexual identity categories (eg, bisexual AND queer; queer AND prefer to self-describe).