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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2020 Jul 10;68(2):378–384. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.042

Table 3.

Associations of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity with the prevalence of electronic and school bullying victimization from 2015 to 2017

Characteristics Electronic bullying School bullying
2015 Adjusted PR (95% CI) 2017 Adjusted PR (95% CI) p 2015 Adjusted PR (95% CI) 2017 Adjusted PR (95% CI) p
Sexual orientation
 Heterosexual REFa,b,c REFa,b,c .18 REFa,b REFa,b .09
 Gay/lesbian 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) 1.3 (1.0, 1.8) .99 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) 1.6 (1.3, 2.1) .23
 Bisexual 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) .87 1.7 (1.5, 2.0) 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) .91
 Not sure 1.2 (1.0, 1.6) 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) .40 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) .67
Race/ethnicity
 White REFa,b,c REFa,b,c .19 REFa,b REFa,b .10
 Black .4 (.4, .6) .6 (.5, .7) .04 .6 (.5, .7) .6 (.5, .7) .52
 Latinx .6 (.5, .8) .7 (.5, .8) .32 .7 (.6, .8) .8 (.7, .9) .38
 Other .9 (.7, 1.1) .7 (.6, .9) .20 .9 (.7, 1.0) .9 (.8, 1.1) .53
Race/ethnicity and sexual orientation
 White heterosexual REFa,b,c REFa,b,c .09 REFa,b REFa,b .03
 White gay/lesbian 1.6 (1.1, 2.3) 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) .78 1.7 (1.3, 2.4) 2.0 (1.5, 2.6) .58
 White bisexual 1.6 (1.2, 2.0) 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) .35 1.7 (1.4, 2.1) 1.9 (1.7, 2.2) .47
 White not sure 1.1 (.8, 1.4) 1.2 (.8, 1.7) .77 1.1 (.9, 1.4) 1.2 (.9, 1.5) .88
 Black heterosexual .4 (.3, .6) .6 (.5, .8) .07 .6 (.5, .7) .6 (.5, .7) .67
 Black gay/lesbian .4 (.1, 1.9) 1.0 (.4, 2.4) .27 .4 (.1, 1.7) .5 (.3, .9) .80
 Black bisexual .9 (.6, 1.4) .8 (.5, 1.2) .47 .9 (.6, 1.4) .9 (.6, 1.4) .86
 Black not sure .3 (.1, 1.1) 1.0 (.6, 1.8) .10 .5 (.2, 1.5) 1.0 (.6, 1.8) .30
 Latinx heterosexual .6 (.5, .7) .7 (.6, .8) .14 .7 (.6, .8) .7 (.6, .9) .35
 Latinx gay/lesbian .9 (.5, 1.7) .5 (.2, 1.2) .29 .8 (.5, 1.3) 1.1 (.7, 1.8) .31
 Latinx bisexual 1.1 (.8, 1.6) 1.0 (.6, 1.5) .44 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) 1.2 (.9, 1.7) .55
 Latinx not sure 1.1 (.8, 1.6) 1.5 (1.0, 2.3) .35 1.0 (.7, 1.5) 1.2 (.8, 1.9) .47
 Other heterosexual .9 (.7, 1.2) .7 (.6, .9) .15 .9 (.7, 1.0) .9 (.8, 1.0) .58
 Other gay/lesbian .3 (.1, 1.1) .6 (.3, 1.5) .40 .9 (.4, 2.2) 2.0 (1.2, 3.3) .13
 Other bisexual .6 (.4, 1.1) 1.1 (.6, 1.8) .18 1.1 (.8, 1.7) 1.6 (1.0, 2.4) .28
 Other not sure 1.4 (.8, 2.6) 1.2 (.6, 2.1) .59 1.3 (.7, 2.4) .8 (.4, 1.4) .24

Prevalence ratios that are significantly different than 1.0 are bolded.

Black = black/African American; CI = confidence interval; Latinx = Hispanic/Latinx. p = p-value for interaction terms with year showing significance of change in bullying victimization within subgroups between 2015 and 2017; PR = prevalence ratio.

a

Gender was significantly associated with electronic bullying.

b

Grade was significantly associated with electronic bullying.

c

Technology use was significantly associated with electronic bullying.