title: Disparities of sexual orientations by sex and urban or rural residence among youth in China.
abstract: This study explores the distribution of sexual orientations and examined disparities by sex and rural and urban residency of non-heterosexual youth, aged 15-24 years, in China. Data was derived from a 2009 nationally representative survey. Among 22 288 participants, 0.79% identified as homosexual, 1.47% identified as bisexual, and 4.26% were unsure about their sexual orientation. Compared with male youth and urban youth, female youth (adjusted odds ratio = 1.37, 95% confidence interval: 1.23-1.52) and rural youth (adjusted odds ratio = 1.23, 95% confidence interval: 1.09-1.40) were more likely to be non-heterosexual. More efforts should be made to enhance sex education and legal protection for non-heterosexual youth in China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Zhenjie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.|Corresponding author. Email: xzheng@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
keywords: gender; non-heterosexual; residence; sexual orientation; youth