DATA TABLE REVIEW

TABLE 212. Percentage of high school students who watched television 3 or more hours/day,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017

Category

Sex

Total Female Male

% CI† % CI % CI Total 20.6 (18.3–23.0) 20.8 (19.2–22.6) 20.7 (19.1–22.4)

Race/Ethnicity

White§ 18.4 (15.4–21.8) 16.9 (15.3–18.7) 17.7 (15.8–19.8)

Black§ 32.8 (28.5–37.4) 37.8 (35.0–40.7) 35.2 (32.7–37.7)

Hispanic 19.5 (15.8–23.8) 21.9 (19.5–24.5) 20.7 (18.3–23.3)

Grade

9 20.7 (17.3–24.6) 21.1 (18.5–24.0) 20.9 (18.3–23.8)

10 22.7 (20.0–25.5) 20.6 (18.1–23.3) 21.6 (19.6–23.7)

11 19.9 (16.6–23.6) 21.0 (18.5–23.8) 20.4 (17.9–23.2)

12 18.6 (15.6–22.0) 20.5 (18.1–23.2) 19.5 (17.7–21.5)

Sexual identity

Heterosexual (straight) 20.2 (18.3–22.2) 20.8 (19.1–22.6) 20.5 (19.0–22.1)

Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 27.2 (23.4–31.3) 22.1 (16.9–28.3) 25.6 (22.3–29.2)

Not sure 23.7 (17.5–31.2) 24.1 (16.3–34.1) 24.4 (19.9–29.4)

Sex of sexual contacts

Opposite sex only 21.3 (19.0–23.8) 22.5 (20.3–24.8) 21.9 (20.1–23.8)

Same sex only or both sexes 25.3 (20.6–30.7) 18.6 (11.2–29.4) 23.6 (18.7–29.3)

No sexual contact 20.5 (18.4–22.8) 19.3 (17.0–21.9) 19.9 (18.1–21.9)

* On an average school day. † 95% confidence interval. § Non-Hispanic.