Characteristics of the sample population
| Demographic variables | Total n=553 N (%) | Male n=237 (42.91%) N (%) | Female n=316 (57.14%) N (%) | χ2 | P value |
| Sexual orientation | |||||
| Non-LGBT | 361 (65.28) | 187 (78.90) | 174 (55.06) | 33.96 | <0.001*** |
| LGBT | 192 (34.72) | 50 (21.10) | 142 (44.94) | ||
| Religion | |||||
| Buddhism | 505 (91.32) | 222 (93.67) | 283 (89.55) | 2.90 | 0.089 |
| Others | 48 (8.68) | 15 (6.32) | 33 (10.44) | ||
| Current grade | |||||
| Grade 10 | 132 (23.86) | 44 (18.57) | 88 (27.85) | 8.10 | 0.017* |
| Grade 11 | 88 (15.91) | 158 (66.67) | 175 (55.38) | ||
| Grade 12 | 333 (60.21) | 35 (14.77) | 53 (16.77) | ||
| Presence of LGBT in family | |||||
| No | 473 (85.53) | 215 (90.72) | 258 (81.65) | 9.01 | 0.003** |
| Yes | 80 (14.46) | 22 (9.28) | 58 (18.35) | ||
| Lesbian | 27 (24.32) | ||||
| Gay | 21 (18.92) | ||||
| Bisexual women | 35 (31.53) | ||||
| Bisexual men | 5 (4.50) | ||||
| Trans women | 13 (11.71) | ||||
| Trans men | 10 (9.01) |
| Continuous variables | Total Mean (SD) | Male Mean (SD) | Female Mean (SD) | t | P value |
| Total media usage time (min) | 1537.18 (1283.17) | 1673.52 (1498.71) | 1434.93 (1085.37) | 2.08 | 0.038* |
| Exposure to GSDM content† | |||||
| PGSDM | 48.46 (10.40) | 43.67 (11.04) | 52.05 (8.24) | −9.82 | <0.001*** |
| NGSDM | 31.47 (7.78) | 31.24 (8.56) | 31.64 (7.15) | −0.58 | 0.561 |
*P< 0.05, **p< 0.01, ***p< 0.001.
†Range of the sum scores for exposure to GSDM content 63.14–70.00 means very frequent, 49.14–63.13 means frequent, 35.14–49.13 means occasional, 21.14–35.13 means rare and 14.03–21.13 means never.
GSDM, gender and sexual diversity in media; LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender; NGSDM, negative content related to gender and sexual diversity in media; PGSDM, positive content related to gender and sexual diversity in media.