Youth Sexual Orientation, by Gender and Grade Level
Year(s): 2017-2019
| California | Percent | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||||||||
| Grade Level | Bisexual | Gay or Lesbian | Straight | Something Else | Not Sure | Decline to Respond | Bisexual | Gay or Lesbian | Straight | Something Else | Not Sure | Decline to Respond |
| Grade 7 | 6.8% | 1.0% | 74.1% | 2.5% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 87.5% | 1.2% | 4.2% | 4.7% |
| Grade 9 | 9.1% | 1.8% | 78.6% | 1.7% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 2.2% | 1.4% | 90.3% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Grade 11 | 10.0% | 2.4% | 77.5% | 1.5% | 4.9% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 90.2% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| Non-Traditional | 16.8% | 4.5% | 66.9% | 1.2% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 90.5% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 3.3% |