- Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors
- Sexual Orientation
- Violence and Victimization
- Demographics. Race/ethnicity was measured with two items. Youth also reported their age (12 and under to 18 and above) and gender (0 = male, 1 = female).

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- The 2011 Chicago YRBS was analyzed for several reasons. 
- First, it assessed both sexual identity and multiple forms of victimization, including victimization that is specific to sexual orientation/gender identity. 
- Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S.,42 and enrollment in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) reflects this segregation. 
- In 2010, CPS enacted an anti-bullying policy and Illinois state had a bullying prevention law that protected both sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.
- The 2011 data are the first Chicago YRBS survey to be completed after these policies were passed.

Study Methodology

Bouris, A., Everett, B. G., Heath, R. D., Elsaesser, C. E., & Neilands, T. B. (2016). Effects of victimization and violence on suicidal ideation and behaviors among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents. LGBT Health, 3(2), 153–161. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2015.0037

Effects of Victimization and Violence on Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors Among Sexual Minority
and Heterosexual Adolescents

Study Measures

- Descriptive characteristics were analyzed in SPSS 22.0.
- Differences in study variables between SMY and HY were examined using binary logistic regression in SPSS 22.0 Complex Samples, which can accommodate the complex sampling frame of the Chicago YRBS.
- Following this, SEM was used in Mplus 7.1.

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