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Table 2 Bivariate Analyses Examining Differences Between Participants Identifying as Heterosexual vs. Homosexual vs. Bisexual

From: Sex and sexual orientation in relation to tobacco use among young adult college students in the US: a cross-sectional study

Variables

MEN

 

WOMEN

 

Heterosexual N = 1116

Homosexual N = 51

Bisexual N = 31

p

Heterosexual N = 2004

Homosexual N = 58

Bisexual N = 98

p

Age (SD) a

20.56 (2.05)

20.80 (1.88)

20.03 (1.6)

.245

20.54 (1.92)

20.50 (2.06)

20.49 (2.00)

.953

Race (%) b

 Black

137 (12.4)

12 (23.5)

6 (19.4)

.107

602 (30.4)

27 (47.4)

37 (37.8)

.022

 White

785 (71.2)

34 (66.7)

19 (61.3)

 

1175 (59.3)

26 (45.6)

56 (57.1)

 

 Other

181 (16.4)

5 (9.8)

6 (19.4)

 

204 (10.3)

4 (7.0)

5 (5.1)

 

Ethnicity (%) b

 Non-Hispanic

1035 (93.1)

46 (90.2)

25 (83.3)

.100

1835 (92.4)

54 (93.1)

91 (93.8)

.852

 Hispanic

77 (6.9)

5 (9.8)

5 (16.7)

 

152 (7.6)

4 (6.9)

6 (6.2)

 

School type (%) b

 Public university

382 (34.2)

15 (29.4)

11 (35.5)

.031

473 (23.6)

15 (25.9)

20 (20.4)

.223

 Private college/university

535 (47.9)

20 (39.2)

15 (48.4)

 

689 (34.4)

14 (24.1)

28 (28.6)

 

 HBCU

40 (3.6)

6 (11.8)

3 (9.7)

 

327 (16.3)

15 (25.9)

18 (18.4)

 

 Technical college

159 (14.3)

10 (19.6)

2 (6.4)

 

515 (25.7)

14 (24.1)

32 (32.7)

 

Parental education (%) b

  < Bachelor’s degree

397 (36.1)

24 (47.1)

12 (38.7)

.275

1086 (54.9)

35 (61.4)

57 (59.4)

.436

  ≥ Bachelor’s degree

703 (63.9)

27 (52.9)

19 (61.3)

 

894 (45.1)

22 (38.6)

39 (40.6)

 

 Cigarettes (%) b

199 (17.8)

16 (31.4)

5 (16.1)

.048

192 (9.6)

11 (19.0)

22 (22.5)

<.001

  vs. No

917 (82.2)

35 (68.6)

26 (83.9)

 

1812 (90.4)

47 (81.0)

76 (77.5)

 

 LCCs (%) b

140 (12.5)

6 (11.8)

2 (6.5)

.591

185 (9.2)

19 (32.8)

24 (24.5)

<.001

  vs. No

976 (87.5)

45 (88.2)

29 (93.5)

 

1819 (90.8)

39 (67.2)

74 (75.5)

 

 E-cigarettes (%) b

189 (16.9)

9 (17.7)

4 (12.9)

.830

146 (7.29)

3 (5.2)

15 (15.3)

.011

  vs. No

927 (83.1)

42 (82.3)

27 (87.1)

 

1858 (92.7)

55 (94.8)

83 (84.7)

 

 Hookah (%) b

164 (14.7)

7 (13.7)

4 (12.9)

.946

211 (10.5)

7 (12.1)

18 (18.4)

.050

  vs. No

952 (85.3)

44 (86.3)

27 (87.1)

 

1793 (89.5)

51 (87.9)

80 (81.6)

 

 Any tobacco used (%) b

386 (34.6)

21 (41.2)

8 (25.8)

.362

477 (23.8)

23 (39.7))

48 (49.0)

<.001

  vs. No

730 (65.4)

30 (58.8)

23 (74.2)

 

1527 (76.2)

35 (60.3)

50 (51.0)

 

Number of tobacco products used (SD) a

0.62 (1.01)

0.74 (1.06)

0.48 (0.96)

.509

0.37 (0.75)

0.70 (0.96)

0.81 (0.97)

<.001

  1. aBivariate analysis was ANOVA
  2. bBivariate analysis was Chi-square