Education policies: Potential impacts and implications in Australia and beyond

Figures & data

Table 1. Relations between support features at school and state (N = 2,341).

		%
Support feature	Pearson chi-square	New South Wales school students (n = 809)	Victoriaschool students (n = 946)	Queensland school students (n = 586)
Posters about sexual diversity	71.965^***	13.84	24.74	9.04
Students who speak up against homophobia	18.166^***	23.11	28.75	19.45
Friendliness towards same-sex attracted people	14.551^**	34.73	38.90	29.35
Equal treatment of same-sex partners at events (parents/kids/staff)	11.460^**	19.53	24.31	17.58
Links with sexual diversity support groups/services	61.450^***	10.38	20.93	8.36
Library resources/books about sexual diversity	23.343^***	26.33	32.88	21.84
None of the aforementioned supports	34.658^***	39.68	31.92	46.76

Note. For each chi-square, df = 2.

** p < .001;

*** p < .001.

Table 2. Relations between gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer students' perceived school policy protection and psychosocial measures.

Psychosocial measure	n	Pearson chi-square	df
Thought about engaging in self-harm	3,101	57.964^***	2
Self-harmed	3,101	43.000^***	2
Thought about attempting suicide	3,101	65.493^***	2
Attempted suicide	3,101	37.787^***	2
How safe they feel at school	2,994	201.966^***	4
How they feel about their sexuality	3,905	24.679^***	4
Overall rating of their school as supportive	3,003	595.892^***	4

*** p < .001.

Table 3. Relations between gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer students' perceived school policy protection and homophobic abuse.

			%
Abuse type	n	Pearson chi-square	Students abused at school whose school had policy	Students abused at school unsure of policy context	Students abused at school whose school had no policy
Verbal homophobic abuse	1,876	35.253^***	25.18	36.62	38.20
Physical homophobic abuse	561	18.283^***	23.20	29.40	47.40
Other types of homophobic abuse	2,143	26.842^***	25.12	37.25	37.63

Note. For each chi-square, df = 2.

*** p < .001.