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 | |||||||||||||
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Male | 912 (35.65) | 779 (38.53) | 7 (8.97) | 126 (27.51) |
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Female | 1646 (64.35) | 1243 (61.47) | 71 (91.03) | 332 (72.49) |
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| Age (years) | 28.4 (3) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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14 | 260 (10.16) | 198 (9.79) | 16 (20.51) | 46 (10.04) |
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15 | 568 (22.2) | 425 (21.02) | 26 (33.33) | 117 (25.55) |
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16 | 888 (34.71) | 700 (34.62) | 19 (24.36) | 169 (36.9) |
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17 | 842 (32.92) | 699 (34.57) | 17 (21.79) | 126 (27.51) |
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| Race and ethnicity | 43.1 (5) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native | 59 (2.31) | 50 (2.47) | 0 (0) | 9 (1.97) |
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Asian or Pacific Islander | 164 (6.41) | 120 (5.93) | 7 (8.97) | 37 (8.08) |
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Black or African American | 199 (7.78) | 151 (7.47) | 1 (1.28) | 47 (10.26) |
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White | 1548 (60.52) | 1269 (62.76) | 51 (65.38) | 228 (49.78) |
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Latino or Hispanic | 370 (14.46) | 261 (12.91) | 11 (14.1) | 98 (21.4) |
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Multiracial | 217 (8.48) | 170 (8.41) | 8 (10.26) | 39 (8.52) |
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| Sexual attraction | 39.3 (4) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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Mostly heterosexual | 137 (5.36) | 92 (4.55) | 2 (2.56) | 43 (9.39) |
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Bisexual or pansexual | 1035 (40.46) | 785 (38.82) | 42 (53.85) | 208 (45.41) |
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Mostly homosexual | 491 (19.19) | 400 (19.78) | 17 (21.79) | 74 (16.16) |
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100% homosexual | 850 (33.23) | 710 (35.11) | 16 (20.51) | 124 (27.07) |
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Unsure | 45 (1.76) | 35 (1.73) | 1 (1.28) | 9 (1.97) |
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| Sexual identity | 44.9 (4) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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Gay | 618 (24.16) | 541 (26.76) | 6 (7.69) | 71 (15.5) |
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Lesbian | 440 (17.2) | 329 (16.27) | 19 (24.36) | 92 (20.09) |
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Bisexual or pansexual | 1166 (45.58) | 887 (43.87) | 42 (53.85) | 237 (51.75) |
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Queer | 85 (3.32) | 72 (3.56) | 4 (5.13) | 9 (1.97) |
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Other | 249 (9.73) | 193 (9.54) | 7 (8.97) | 49 (10.7) |
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| Region | 34.9 (4) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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West | 630 (24.63) | 465 (23) | 32 (41.03) | 133 (29.04) |
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Southwest | 336 (13.14) | 281 (13.9) | 8 (10.26) | 47 (10.26) |
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Midwest | 448 (17.51) | 380 (18.79) | 14 (17.95) | 54 (11.79) |
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Southeast | 592 (23.14) | 465 (23) | 11 (14.1) | 116 (25.33) |
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Northeast | 552 (21.58) | 431 (21.32) | 13 (16.67) | 108 (23.58) |
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| Urbanicity | 33.9 (1) | <.001 | |||||||||||||
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Rural | 504 (19.7) | 446 (22.06) | 12 (15.38) | 46 (10.04) |
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Urban | 2054 (80.3) | 1576 (77.94) | 66 (84.62) | 412 (89.96) |
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aFB: Facebook.
bIG: Instagram.
cRDS: respondent-driven sampling.