Youth Sexual Orientation, by Gender and Grade Level
Year(s): 2017-2019
| Santa Cruz County | 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 | 8.7% | 1.0% | 72.6% | 2.3% | 10.0% | 5.4% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 84.2% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Grade 9 | 7.2% | 1.7% | 78.7% | 1.8% | 6.2% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 90.8% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3.4% |
| Grade 11 | 16.2% | 1.3% | 64.5% | 7.8% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 89.7% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Non-Traditional | 24.0% | 1.6% | 60.9% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 2.1% | 89.5% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 1.7% |