The behavioral health needs of legally involved sexual minority female adolescents

Health & Justice

Table 1 Baseline demographic data with comparisons between sexual orientation groups

	Total Sample N = 193	Sexual Minority N = 74	Heterosexual N = 119
	M (SD)/%	M (SD)/%	M (SD)/%	Test Statistic^a	p
Age Range	14.49 (1.55) 12–18	14.76 (1.41)	14.32 (1.62)	t = -1.91	0.057
Race
African American/ Black	19.7	20.8	19.0	x² = 0.10	0.754
American Indian	11.2	9.7	12.1	x² = 0.25	0.619
Asian	0.53	1.4	0.0	x² = 1.62	0.203
White	45.2	44.4	45.7	x² = 0.03	0.868
Multiracial	14.9	19.4	12.1	x² = 1.91	0.167
Other	23.4	16.7	27.6	x² = 2.96	0.086
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latinx	41.4	35.6	44.9	x² = 1.61	0.205
Education
5th -8th Grade	38.4	28.8	44.4	x² = 4.67	0.031*
9th -12th Grade	61.1	69.9	55.6	x² = 3.87	0.049*
Completed High School	0.53	1.4	0	x² = 1.61	0.204
IEP/504	28.2	31.9	25.7	x² = 0.84	0.360
Special Education	17.6	15.1	19.1	x² = 0.51	0.476
School Expulsion	14.5	12.2	16.0	x² = 0.53	0.466
Repeat a Grade	23.8	27.0	21.8	x² = 0.67	0.412
Qualify for Free/Reduced Lunches	71.8	77.1	68.6	x² = 1.57	0.211
Yearly Income
< $50,000	87.0	87.5	86.6	x² = 0.03	0.861
$50,000 - $99,9990	8.7	8.3	8.9	x² = 0.02	0.889
≥ $100,000	4.3	4.2	4.5	x² = 0.01	0.923

Note *Significant at the p <.05 level.^a Test statistic represents comparisons between the sexual minority and heterosexual groups

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