State-level population estimates of sexual minority adolescents in the United States: A predictive modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) among high school students includes standard questions about sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts, but these questions are not consistently included in every state that conducts the survey. This study aimed to develop and apply a method to predict state-level proportions of high school students identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) or reporting any same-sex sexual contacts in those states that did not include these questions in their 2017 YRBS.

Methods

We used state-level high school YRBS data from 2013, 2015, and 2017. We defined two primary outcomes relating to self-reported LGB identity and reported same-sex sexual contacts. We developed machine learning models to predict the two outcomes based on other YRBS var

SUBMITTER: Ferstad JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210845 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature