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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Bisex. 2022 Sep 15;22(4):485–512. doi: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2116515

Table 2.

Estimates of sexual violence, mental health, social support, and stigma by sexual identity, gender identity, and race/ethnicity (n = 112).

Sexual violence score Depression score Anxiety score Suicide
Mean (SD) pa Mean (SD) pa Mean (SD) pa n % pb
Sexual identity 0.561
Bisexual only 10.6 (2.0) ref 11.1 (1.1) ref 10.4 (1.0) ref 23 57.5%
Bisexual+ 14.0 (1.8) 0.211 12.9 (1.5) 0.358 11.1 (0.9) 0.59 31 60.8%
Other sexual identities beside bisexual 17.3 (2.8) 0.053 12.4 (1.0) 0.338 12.2 (1.3) 0.277 15 71.4%
Gender identity 0.015 * 0.012 * 0.003 * 0.013 *
Cisgender woman only 11.0 (1.5) 10.7 (0.8) 9.7 (0.7) 35 52.2%
Nonbinary 17.1 (1.9) 14.0 (1.0) 13.1 (0.9) 34 75.6%
Race/Ethnicity 0.423 0.886 0.678 0.293
White only 14.6 (1.9) 12.1 (1.0) 11.3 (0.9) 31 67.4%
BIPOC 12.6 (1.6) 11.9 (0.9) 10.8 (0.8) 38 57.6%
LGBT community score General social support score Stigma score (Heterosexual) Stigma score (Gay or lesbian)
mean (SD) pa mean (SD) pa mean (SD) pa mean (SD) pa
Sexual identity
Bisexual only 23.0 (0.7) ref 60.5 (2.1) ref 49.8 (3.0) ref 34.8 (2.6) ref
Bisexual+ 24.4 (0.6) 0.155 60.1 (1.9) 0.894 46.1 (2.6) 0.358 33.2 (2.3) 0.642
Other sexual identities beside bisexual 23.9 (1.0) 0.482 63.2 (3.0) 0.457 51.3 (4.1) 0.764 34.5 (3.6) 0.946
Gender identity 0.194 0.961 0.018 * 0.174
Cisgender woman only 23.3 (0.6) 60.7 (1.6) 45.0 (2.3) 32.3 (2.0)
Nonbinary 24.5 (0.7) 60.8 (2.0) 53.5 (2.8) 36.6 (2.4)
Race/Ethnicity 0.809 0.836 0.259 0.404
White only 23.7 (0.7) 60.5 (1.9) 50.8 (2.8) 32.5 (2.4)
BIPOC 23.9 (0.6) 61.0 (1.6) 46.7 (2.3) 35.1 (2.0)

Boldface and * indicates statistically significant differences.

a

Calculated from unadjusted t-test.

b

Calculated from chi-square test.