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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: LGBT Health. 2021 Dec 17;9(1):43–53. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0133

Table 4.

Descriptive and Bivariate Results for Student Health Outcomes

Total
LGB
Heterosexual
N % N % N % χ 2 p
Violence victimization
 Felt unsafe at, to, or from school
  Yes 5781 8.4 1175 14.9 4606 7.6 480.50 <0.0001
  No 62,861 91.6 6731 85.1 56,130 92.4
 Threatened or injured with a weapon at school
  Yes 4677 6.5 936 11.6 3741 5.9 384.68 <0.0001
  No 66,960 93.5 7124 88.4 59,836 94.1
 Forced sex
  Yes 5554 8.6 1311 18.3 4243 7.4 961.17 <0.0001
  No 58,828 91.4 5841 81.7 52,987 92.6
 Sexual dating violence
  Yes 3385 8.3 835 17.2 2550 7.1 567.10 <0.0001
  No 37,194 91.7 4016 82.8 33,178 92.9
 Physical dating violence
  Yes 4052 9.2 1003 18.4 3049 7.9 628.66 <0.0001
  No 40,049 90.8 4460 81.6 35,589 92.1
 Bullying at school
  Yes 9829 13.6 1859 23.2 7970 12.4 703.84 <0.0001
  No 62,438 86.4 6165 76.8 56,273 87.6
 Electronic bullying
  Yes 7894 10.9 1662 20.6 6232 9.7 882.71 <0.0001
  No 64,585 89.1 6403 79.4 58,182 90.3
Mental health
 Persistent feelings of sadness/hopelessness
  Yes 21,265 29.6 4213 52.9 17,052 26.7 2330.45 <0.0001
  No 50,513 70.4 3748 47.1 46,765 73.3
Suicide-related behaviors
 Seriously considered suicide
  yes 10,450 14.5 2848 35.6 7602 11.9 3216.62 <0.0001
  No 61,565 85.5 5,163 64.4 56,402 88.1
 Made a suicide plan
  Yes 7694 13.2 2002 30.8 5692 11.0 1981.21 <0.0001
  No 50,552 86.8 4489 69.2 46,063 89.0
 Attempted suicide
  Yes 6637 10.7 1774 25.1 4863 8.8 1724.67 <0.0001
  No 55,393 89.3 5305 74.9 50,088 91.2
 Suicide attempt requiring medical treatment
  Yes 1779 3.4 478 8.4 1301 2.8 481.64 <0.0001
  No 50,420 96.6 5222 91.6 45,198 97.2
High-risk substance use
 Lifetime illicit drug use
  Yes 4302 7.6 1059 16.4 3243 6.5 796.00 <0.0001
  No 52,245 92.4 5416 83.6 46,829 93.5
 Lifetime prescription pain medicine misuse
  Yes 3970 12.4 865 22.2 3105 11.0 390.59 <0.0001
  No 28,070 87.6 3039 77.8 25,031 89.0
 Lifetime injection drug use
  Yes 1074 2.5 347 7.9 727 1.9 559.63 <0.0001
  No 41,048 97.5 4068 92.1 36,980 98.1

Results in bold are significant at p < 0.05.