Table 2.

Demographics of Study Participants

	Consistent orientation label (n = 711)		Changed orientation label (n = 194)		Total (N = 905)		χ2	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex/gender
Cisgender woman	509	72	163	84	672	74	30.29	<0.001
Cisgender man	201	28	27	14	228	25
Transgender woman or man	0	0	4	2	4	0
Data missing	1	0	0	0	1	0
Relationship status							0.09	0.763
Single	398	56	110	57	508	56
In a relationship	308	43	81	42	389	43
Data missing	5	1	3	2	8	1
Race/ethnicity							4.83	0.438
White non-Hispanic	543	76	137	71	680	75
Black	26	4	9	5	35	4
Hispanic	45	6	20	10	65	7
Asian/Pacific Islander	78	11	24	12	102	11
Native American	4	1	1	1	5	1
Other	14	2	3	2	17	2
Data missing	1	0	0	0	1	0
Political affiliation							41.87	<0.001
Democrat	219	31	97	50	316	35
Republican	223	31	22	11	245	27
No affiliation	238	33	60	31	298	33
Other	30	4	14	7	44	5
Data missing	1	0	1	1	2	0
Religion							33.5	<0.001
Catholic	222	31	37	19	259	29
Protestant	159	22	36	19	195	22
Atheist	54	8	23	12	77	9
Agnostic/believe in God	165	23	79	41	244	27
Other	109	15	18	9	127	14
Data missing	2	0	1	1	3	0
Parents' highest education							26.52	<0.001
Less than high school	18	3	20	10	38	4
High school graduate	56	8	14	7	70	8
Some college	101	14	22	11	123	14
College graduate	271	38	74	38	345	38
Some graduate/professional school	49	7	6	3	55	6
Graduate/professional school graduate	213	30	58	30	271	30
Native language							2.88	0.411
English	615	86	161	83	776	86
Chinese	33	5	12	6	45	5
Spanish	19	3	9	5	28	3
Other	38	5	11	6	49	5
Data missing	6	1	1	1	7	1
Employment status							0.97	0.615
Student full time	485	68	127	65	612	68
Employed part time	211	30	61	31	272	30
Employed full time	12	2	5	3	17	2
Data missing	3	0	1	1	4	0
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	t	p
Age	19.4	1.86	20.1	2.88	19.6	2.14	2.88	0.004
Sexual desire score	3.55	1.05	3.43	1.22	3.52	1.09	−1.15	0.252

The sexual desire score was derived from the Female Sexual Function Index. Scores on the subscale can range from 1 (little to no desire) to 5 (very high desire).

M, mean; SD, standard deviation.