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Table 3 Racial/Ethnic Differences in Rates of Unwanted Sexual Contact Victimization (USCV) Before College and During (First 3 Months) College Within Sexual Identity Groups (Nā€‰=ā€‰206,968)

From: 3-month prevalence of unwanted sexual contact victimization in a national sample of college students: differences by race, gender identity, and sexual identity

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Heterosexual***

Gay***

Lesbian**

Bisexual***

Queer/Pansexual/

Asexual***

Multiple Sexual Identities***

Prefer Not to Answer***

Questioning/Other***

Race

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

Ā Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

Ā 

0.1

White

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ā€ƒBefore college

15.8 (15,473)

Ā 

25.2 (455)

Ā 

34.5 (511)

Ā 

43.2 (3923)

Ā 

34.4 (1416)

Ā 

13.3 (493)

Ā 

37.8 (373)

Ā 

16.5 (503)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

3.1 (3071)

Ā 

4.0 (72)

Ā 

3.2 (48)

Ā 

7.5 (683)

Ā 

5.8 (237)

Ā 

2.7 (98)

Ā 

9.8 (97)

Ā 

3.1 (95)

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Black/African American

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ā€ƒBefore college

13.4 (1635)

Ā 

20.7 (47)

Ā 

27.7 (66)

Ā 

33.0 (362)

Ā 

32.6 (199)

Ā 

11.0 (54)

Ā 

31.6 (55)

Ā 

13.6 (83)

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ā€ƒDuring college

2.9 (354)

Ā 

5.3 (12)

Ā 

6.7 (16)

Ā 

6.5 (71)

Ā 

6.6 (40)

Ā 

2.0 (10)

Ā 

5.7 (10)

Ā 

3.1 (19)

Ā 

Latino

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ā€ƒBefore college

14.7 (2358)

Ā 

20.3 (85)

Ā 

26.7 (60)

Ā 

40.4 (671)

Ā 

34.6 (251)

Ā 

14.3 (85)

Ā 

34.3 (61)

Ā 

13.3 (108)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

2.4 (380)

Ā 

2.9 (12)

Ā 

3.6 (8)

Ā 

5.5 (91)

Ā 

5.1 (37)

Ā 

1.8 (11)

Ā 

9.6 (17)

Ā 

1.4 (11)

Ā 

AIAN/NHPI

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ā€ƒBefore college

17.4 (126)

Ā 

16.7 (3)

Ā 

26.7 (4)

Ā 

45.1 (37)

Ā 

15.6 (5)

Ā 

14.8 (13)

Ā 

36.4 (4)

Ā 

9.3 (5)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

2.8 (20)

Ā 

27.8 (5)

Ā 

6.7 (1)

Ā 

12.2 (10)

Ā 

12.5 (4)

Ā 

10.2 (9)

Ā 

18.2 (2)

Ā 

5.6 (3)

Ā 

Asian

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ā€ƒBefore college

8.2 (1535)

Ā 

12.9 (37)

Ā 

24.1 (34)

Ā 

25.8 (385)

Ā 

21.4 (162)

Ā 

9.0 (96)

Ā 

18.7 (36)

Ā 

7.6 (95)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

1.7 (316)

Ā 

3.5 (10)

Ā 

2.1 (3)

Ā 

4.0 (60)

Ā 

3.3 (25)

Ā 

3.1 (33)

Ā 

7.3 (14)

Ā 

3.1 (39)

Ā 

Multiracial

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ā€ƒBefore college

17.7 (2807)

Ā 

22.2 (82)

Ā 

36.3 (109)

Ā 

43.9 (901)

Ā 

37.4 (389)

Ā 

17.1 (89)

Ā 

34.2 (93)

Ā 

19.2 (143)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

3.0 (480)

Ā 

4.6 (17)

Ā 

3.0 (9)

Ā 

6.4 (131)

Ā 

5.4 (56)

Ā 

2.3 (12)

Ā 

8.5 (23)

Ā 

3.1 (23)

Ā 
  1. Note. *** Denotes statistically significant group differences at <ā€‰0.001. ** Denotes statistically significant group differences at <ā€‰0.01. Phi and chi-square values were obtained for each gender identity group assessing differences by race/ethnicity and sexual identity Phi values are significant at pā€‰<.001. USCV ā€œduring collegeā€ capture rates within (approximately) the first 3 months of college as pre- and post-tests were administered within the first three months of enrollment. Students who selected two or more sexual identities (e.g., lesbian and queer; asexual and questioning) were coded as having multiple sexual identities. AIAN/NHPIā€‰=ā€‰American Indian/Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander