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. 2023 Feb 2;25:e36764. doi: 10.2196/36764

Table 2.

Demographics of participating youths (N=2558).

Demographics Total, n (%) FBa and IGb (n=2022), n (%) YouTube (n=78), n (%) RDSc (n=458), n (%) Chi-square (df) P value
Sex assigned at birth 44.2 (1) <.001

Male 912 (35.65) 779 (38.53) 7 (8.97) 126 (27.51)


Female 1646 (64.35) 1243 (61.47) 71 (91.03) 332 (72.49)

Age (years) 28.4 (3) <.001

14 260 (10.16) 198 (9.79) 16 (20.51) 46 (10.04)


15 568 (22.2) 425 (21.02) 26 (33.33) 117 (25.55)


16 888 (34.71) 700 (34.62) 19 (24.36) 169 (36.9)


17 842 (32.92) 699 (34.57) 17 (21.79) 126 (27.51)

Race and ethnicity 43.1 (5) <.001

Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native 59 (2.31) 50 (2.47) 0 (0) 9 (1.97)


Asian or Pacific Islander 164 (6.41) 120 (5.93) 7 (8.97) 37 (8.08)


Black or African American 199 (7.78) 151 (7.47) 1 (1.28) 47 (10.26)


White 1548 (60.52) 1269 (62.76) 51 (65.38) 228 (49.78)


Latino or Hispanic 370 (14.46) 261 (12.91) 11 (14.1) 98 (21.4)


Multiracial 217 (8.48) 170 (8.41) 8 (10.26) 39 (8.52)

Sexual attraction 39.3 (4) <.001

Mostly heterosexual 137 (5.36) 92 (4.55) 2 (2.56) 43 (9.39)


Bisexual or pansexual 1035 (40.46) 785 (38.82) 42 (53.85) 208 (45.41)


Mostly homosexual 491 (19.19) 400 (19.78) 17 (21.79) 74 (16.16)


100% homosexual 850 (33.23) 710 (35.11) 16 (20.51) 124 (27.07)


Unsure 45 (1.76) 35 (1.73) 1 (1.28) 9 (1.97)

Sexual identity 44.9 (4) <.001

Gay 618 (24.16) 541 (26.76) 6 (7.69) 71 (15.5)


Lesbian 440 (17.2) 329 (16.27) 19 (24.36) 92 (20.09)


Bisexual or pansexual 1166 (45.58) 887 (43.87) 42 (53.85) 237 (51.75)


Queer 85 (3.32) 72 (3.56) 4 (5.13) 9 (1.97)


Other 249 (9.73) 193 (9.54) 7 (8.97) 49 (10.7)

Region 34.9 (4) <.001

West 630 (24.63) 465 (23) 32 (41.03) 133 (29.04)


Southwest 336 (13.14) 281 (13.9) 8 (10.26) 47 (10.26)


Midwest 448 (17.51) 380 (18.79) 14 (17.95) 54 (11.79)


Southeast 592 (23.14) 465 (23) 11 (14.1) 116 (25.33)


Northeast 552 (21.58) 431 (21.32) 13 (16.67) 108 (23.58)

Urbanicity 33.9 (1) <.001

Rural 504 (19.7) 446 (22.06) 12 (15.38) 46 (10.04)


Urban 2054 (80.3) 1576 (77.94) 66 (84.62) 412 (89.96)

aFB: Facebook.

bIG: Instagram.

cRDS: respondent-driven sampling.