Table 2

Distribution of sociodemographic factors, mental health, violence and sexual behaviour among youth and young adults with no same-sex sexuality (n=2613) and with same-sex sexuality (n=318), in Sweden

	No same-sex sexuality							Same-sex sexuality
	All		Males		Female		P value*	All		Male		Female		P value*
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value*	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value*
Sex
Male	1116	42.7						100	31.6
Female	1497	57.3						217	68.4
(Missing)	(0)							(1)
Age							0.994							0.761
18–24	1576	60.7	673	60.7	903	60.7		180	58.1	58	59.2	121	57.3
25–30	1019	39.3	435	39.3	584	39.3		130	41.9	40	40.8	90	42.7
(Missing)	(18)		(8)		(10)			(8)		(2)		(6)
Parental educational level							0.669							0.689
High	1576	60.7	668	60.2	908	61.1		169	54.9	52	53.1	116	55.5
Low	1020	39.3	441	39.8	579	38.9		139	45.1	46	46.9	93	44.5
(Missing)	(17)		(7)		(10)			(10)		(2)		(8)
Depression							0.535							0.582
Low scores	1414	54.3	611	55.1	803	53.8		128	40.8	43	43.0	85	39.7
High scores	1188	45.7	499	44.9	689	46.2		186	59.2	57	57.0	129	60.3
(Missing)	(11)		(6)		(5)			(4)		(0)		(3)
Anxiety							0.793							0.425
Low scores	1489	57.2	632	56.9	857	57.4		144	45.7	49	49.0	95	44.2
High scores	1115	42.8	479	43.1	636	42.6		171	54.3	51	51.0	120	55.8
(Missing)	(9)		(5)		(4)			(3)		(0)		(2)
Experience of physical violence							0.001							0.136
No	2380	91.2	991	89.0	1389	92.8		269	85.4	81	81.0	187	87.4
Yes	230	8.8	122	11.0	108	7.2		46	14.6	19	19.0	27	12.6
(Missing)	(3)		(3)		(0)			(3)		(0)		(3)
Experience of sexual violence							<0.001							<0.001
No	2430	93.4	1104	99.2	1326	89.1		259	81.7	93	93.0	165	76.4
Yes	172	6.6	9	0.8	163	10.9		58	18.3	7	7.0	51	23.6
(Missing)	(11)		(3)		(8)			(1)		(0)		(1)
Experience of sexual coercion							<0.001							0.371
No	1685	74.2	786	85.3	899	66.7		145	51.1	47	55.3	98	49.5
Yes	585	25.8	136	14.7	449	33.3		139	48.9	38	44.7	100	50.5
(Missing)	(343)		(194)		(149)			(34)		(15)		(19)

Sexuality, in comparison with respondents who reported no same-sex sexuality.
*P value was produced by χ² test and represents statistical significance level, p≤0.05=significant