Table 1.
Weighted sample characteristics, overall and for sexual minority groups.
| Variable | Full Sample | SM Definition* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Sexual Minority Status | |||||
| Definition 1 | 3% | ||||
| Definition 2 | 9% | ||||
| Definition 3 | 12% | ||||
| Definition 4 | 12% | ||||
| Asexual | <1% | ||||
| Age | 21.82 (1.86) | 21.7 (1.78) | 21.7 (1.82) | 21.72 (1.82) | 21.75 (1.85) |
| Sex (Male) | 51% | 40% | 29% | 31% | 32% |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| API | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Black | 16% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| Hispanic | 12% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Native American | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| White | 66% | 71% | 71% | 70% | 70% |
| Parent born outside the US | 16% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Police Stop Outcomes | |||||
| Ever stopped | 21% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| Number of stops | 0.39 (0.88) | 0.42 (0.84) | 0.44 (0.88) | 0.43 (0.88) | 0.43 (0.87) |
| Age at First Stop | 21.01 (2.68) | 20.91 (2.65) | 20.72 (2.78) | 20.76 (2.75) | 20.8 (2.78) |
| Complete case n (range, depending on outcome) | 14883–14894 | 464–467 | 1405–1406 | 1849–1850 | 1867–1869 |
Note: Statistics presented are means/prevalences, with SDs included in parentheses for continuous variables. All statistics were weighted to make them representative of Add Health's original target population (US adolescents at baseline, during the 1994–1995 school year). Our four definitions of SM status, assessed in Wave 3, are: 1) Identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, i.e. responded “bisexual,” “mostly homosexual,” or “100% homosexual”; 2) additionally including those who reported ever being romantically attracted to someone of their same binary sex; 3) additionally including those who responded “mostly heterosexual (straight), but somewhat attracted to people of [their] own sex”; and 4) additionally including those who reported that they did not know how to describe their sexual orientation. Less than 1% were classified as asexual. Since heterosexuality is also redefined as our definition of SM changes, no single column for heterosexual respondents could be included.