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(For
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Adolescents
harassed in school (or on the way to and from school) because they are
assumed to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual are also at greater risk for suicidality;
their general relative risk for increasingly serious suicide behaviors
is a result of both the Oregon (1999) and Wisconsin (1999) Youth Risk Behavior
Surveys (Tables 7, 8). These negative outcomes, however, are the most pronounced
for adolescent males. In the Oregon survey, males harassed because they
were presumed to be homosexually oriented are 5 and 7 times more at risk
for being multiple suicide attempters, and for a suicide attempt(s) associated
with having received medical attention, and they account for 33% and 35%
of suicide attempters in these categories, respectively. Females are also
negatively affected by such harassment, but to a lesser degree than males
are at risk, compared to their respective counterparts.
In the Wisconsin survey, males "threatened
or hurt" (a more serious form of harassment than simply "having been harassed")
based on presumed homosexual orientation are 11 times more at risk for
being multiple suicide attempters and attempting suicide resulting in having
received medical attention, and they account for about 40% of suicide attempters
in these categories. About 20% of females in the same suicide attempt categories
were harassed on the basis of one's presumed homosexual orientation.
Table 8 - Wisconsin 1999
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Result Summary
For Males & Females
(Grades 9 to 12): Harassment Based on
Perceived Homosexual
Orientation of Individuals:
Associations with Depression &
Suicide Behaviors.
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N = 647 |
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orientation (percent) in the past 12 months |
(6.0%) |
(2.9%) |
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Frequency / Incidence: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Odds Ratio: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Confidence Interval: 95% Pearson's Chi square, one degree of freedom. (Percentage of category accounted for by "harassed" group.) |
37.5% vs. 19.8% 1.2<2.4<4.8
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47.4% vs. 33.1% 0.73<1.8<4.6
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Frequency / Incidence: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Odds Ratio: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Confidence Interval: 95% Pearson's Chi square, one degree of freedom. (Percentage of category accounted for by "harassed" group.) |
28.2% vs. 15.3% 1.0<2.2<4.5
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47.4% vs. 28.4% 0.9<2.3<5.7
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Frequency / Incidence: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Odds Ratio: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Confidence Interval: 95% Pearson's Chi square, one degree of freedom. (Percentage of category accounted for by "harassed" group.) |
19.4% vs. 4.1% 2.2<5.6<14.1
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29.4% vs. 10.8% 1.2<3.4<10.1
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Frequency / Incidence: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Odds Ratio: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Confidence Interval: 95% Pearson's Chi square, one degree of freedom. (Percentage of category accounted for by "harassed" group.) |
19.4% vs 1.7% 4.9<13.8<39.0
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23.5% vs 5.2% 1.7<5.6<18.1
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Attention: Risk Ratio / Greater Likelihood Frequency / Incidence: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Odds Ratio: Harassed vs. Non-Harassed Confidence Interval: 95% Pearson's Chi square, one degree of freedom. (Percentage of category accounted for by "harassed" group.) |
11.8% vs. 1.06% 3.1<11.7<43.5
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Q-91: "Have you ever been threatened or hurt because someone thought you were gay, lesbian, or bisexual?" Responses: Yes, No, Not sure. For Analysis: 'Not Sure = "No" - "During the past 12 months..." Q- 22: "...did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?" Q-23: "...did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide? Q-25: "...how many times did you actually attempt suicide?" Q-26: "...if you attempted suicide, did any attempt result in injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse?
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