TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in the Prevalence of Adolescent Sexual Identity
T2 - Results of Expanding Survey Response Options
AU - Gower, Amy L.
AU - Eisenberg, Marla E.
AU - Brown, Camille
AU - McMorris, Barbara J.
AU - Rider, G. Nic
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Purpose: To describe the prevalence of sexual identity by grade, racial and ethnic identities, and sex assigned at birth. Methods: Data came from the statewide 2022 Minnesota Student Survey of eighth, ninth, and 11th grade students (N = 99,688). Chi-square tests compared the prevalence of sexual identity across grades, racial/ethnic groups, and sex assigned at birth. Results: Over a fifth (22.2%) of students self-reported a minoritized sexual identity. Bisexual and pansexual were most common among Native+ (12.3%, 5.7%, respectively), multiracial (11.6%, 4.4%, respectively), and Latina/x/o (10.4%, 4.1%, respectively) youth. Asexuality was consistently reported across grades, and eighth graders reported gay/lesbian, bisexual, and queer identities less than 11th graders. Youth assigned female at birth were more likely to report gay/lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, and questioning than youth assigned male at birth. Discussion: Results support the continued use of further expanded sexual identities in epidemiologic surveys.
AB - Purpose: To describe the prevalence of sexual identity by grade, racial and ethnic identities, and sex assigned at birth. Methods: Data came from the statewide 2022 Minnesota Student Survey of eighth, ninth, and 11th grade students (N = 99,688). Chi-square tests compared the prevalence of sexual identity across grades, racial/ethnic groups, and sex assigned at birth. Results: Over a fifth (22.2%) of students self-reported a minoritized sexual identity. Bisexual and pansexual were most common among Native+ (12.3%, 5.7%, respectively), multiracial (11.6%, 4.4%, respectively), and Latina/x/o (10.4%, 4.1%, respectively) youth. Asexuality was consistently reported across grades, and eighth graders reported gay/lesbian, bisexual, and queer identities less than 11th graders. Youth assigned female at birth were more likely to report gay/lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, and questioning than youth assigned male at birth. Discussion: Results support the continued use of further expanded sexual identities in epidemiologic surveys.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Asexual
KW - Pansexual
KW - Prevalence
KW - Sexual identity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 38069925
AN - SCOPUS:85179495684
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 74
SP - 625
EP - 627
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 3
ER -