Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics according to sexual orientation in the Brazilian LGBTQIAP+ population – Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 2020.
| Characteristics | Total | Sexual orientation | p-value a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gay (n = 386) n (%) |
Lesbian (n = 102) n (%) |
Bisexual (n = 142) n (%) |
Other
*
(n = 25) n (%) |
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| Mean age (SD) | 29.7 (8.7) | 31.6 (8.4) | 29.7 (9.5) | 24.4 (5.5) | 32.4 (12) | <0.01 |
| Age | <0.01 | |||||
| 18–30 years old | 414 (62.3) | 201 (52.1) | 68 (66.7) | 130 (90.3) | 15 (57.7) | |
| 31–40 years old | 170 (25.8) | 135 (35) | 20 (19.6) | 10 (6.9) | 5 (19.2) | |
| > 40 years old | 74 (11.2) | 50 (13) | 14 (13.7) | 4 (2.8) | 6 (23.1) | |
| Schooling level | <0.01 | |||||
| High School or lower | 52 (7.9) | 19 (4.9) | 6 (5.9) | 17 (11.8) | 10 (38.5) | |
| Tertiary or higher | 606 (92.1) | 367 (95.1) | 96 (94.1) | 127 (88.2) | 16 (61.5) | |
| Gender identity | — | |||||
| Cisgender | 615 (93.9) | 96 (95.6) | 132 (94.1) | 19 (93) | 19 (73.1) | |
| Transgender | 11 (1.7) | 3 (0.8) | 0 | 4 (2.8) | 4 (15.4) | |
| Non-binary | 29 (4.4) | 14 (3.6) | 6 (5.9) | 6 (4.2) | 3 (11.5) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.8 | |||||
| White | 491 (74.6) | 285 (75) | 78 (77.2) | 114 (79.7) | 14 (56) | |
| Black/Brown | 158 (24.3) | 95 (25) | 23 (22.8) | 29 (20.3) | 11 (44) | |
| Religion | 0.06 | |||||
| Yes | 289 (44) | 186 (48.2) | 42 (41.8) | 51 (35.4) | 10 (40) | |
| No | 368 (56) | 200 (51.8) | 60 (58.8) | 93 (64.6) | 25 (60) | |
| Relationship status | <0.01 | |||||
| Single | 338 (51.4) | 223 (57.8) | 34 (33.3) | 72 (50) | 9 (34.6) | |
| Dating | 161 (24.5) | 77 (19.9) | 32 (31.4) | 49 (34) | 3 (11.5) | |
| Married | 159 (24.1) | 86 (22.3) | 36 (35.3) | 23 (16) | 14 (52.8) | |
| Access to health services | 0.8 | |||||
| Public | 165 (25.2) | 140 (38.1) | 37 (37.8) | 56 (40.9) | 11 (45.8) | |
| Private | 490 (74.8) | 227 (61.9) | 61 (62.2) | 81 (59.9) | 13 (54.2) | |
| Employment status | <0.01 | |||||
| Formal | 363(55.3) | 244 (63.4) | 58 (56.9) | 51 (35.4) | 10 (38.5) | |
| Informal | 108 (16.4) | 66 (17.1) | 13 (12.7) | 21 (14.6) | 8 (30.8) | |
| Unemployed | 48 (7.3) | 31 (8.1) | 3 (2.9) | 10 (6.9) | 4 (15.4) | |
| Student | 138 (21) | 44 (11.4) | 28 (27.5) | 62 (43.1) | 4 (15.4) | |
| Medical condition | 161 (20.4) | 97 (60.2) | 33 (20.5) | 27 (16.8) | 4 (2.5) | 0.72 |
| HIV b -positive | 57 (9.5) | 56 (15.3) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | — |
*Other: asexual, demisexual and pansexual.
aChi-square test.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA). SD, standard deviations;
bHIV, Human immunodeficiency virus.