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. 2023 Nov 9;23:2211. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16992-y

Table 7.

SEM estimates for gender identity, sexual identity and covariates (complete state model)

Mental wellbeing Symptoms of distress
Model A Model B Model A Model B
B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E.
Year 10 (ref: year 8) -0.16 *** 0.01 -0.18 *** 0.01 0.07 *** 0.01 0.08 *** 0.02
FSM (ref: no FSM) -0.12 *** 0.01 -0.12 *** 0.01 0.04 ** 0.01 0.05 ** 0.01
SEN (ref: no SEN) -0.09 *** 0.02 -0.02 0.02 0.07 *** 0.02 -0.02 0.02
Black ethnicity (ref: white) 0.15 *** 0.03 0.13 *** 0.03 -0.13 *** 0.03 -0.13 *** 0.03
Asian ethnicity (ref: white) 0.14 *** 0.02 0.13 *** 0.03 -0.19 *** 0.02 -0.17 *** 0.03
Chinese ethnicity (ref: white) -0.01 0.06 -0.01 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.06
Other ethnicity (ref: white) 0.18 *** 0.04 0.20 *** 0.04 -0.11 ** 0.04 -0.16 ** 0.05
Mixed ethnicity (ref: white) 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.03 -0.06 * 0.03 -0.04 0.03
Unclassified ethnicity (ref: white) 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.07 -0.12 ** 0.04 -0.10 * 0.05
Girl (incl. trans) (ref: Boy (incl. trans)) -0.40 *** 0.01 0.60 *** 0.01
Non-binary gender identity (ref: Boy (incl.trans)) -0.57 *** 0.04 0.67 *** 0.04
Other gender identity (ref: Boy (incl.trans)) -0.47 *** 0.04 0.60 *** 0.04
Prefer not to say gender identity (ref: male (incl.trans)) -0.31 *** 0.03 0.28 *** 0.03
Bisexual/Pansexual (ref: heterosexual) -0.68 *** 0.02 -0.78 *** 0.02 0.90 *** 0.02 1.03 *** 0.02
Gay/Lesbian (ref: heterosexual) -0.70 *** 0.04 -0.74 *** 0.04 0.91 *** 0.04 0.94 *** 0.04
Prefer not to say sexual identity (ref: heterosexual) -0.22 *** 0.02 -0.31 *** 0.02 0.28 *** 0.02 0.40 *** 0.03
Other sexual identity (ref: heterosexual) -0.32 *** 0.03 -0.34 *** 0.04 0.39 *** 0.03 0.40 *** 0.04
Transgender (ref: cisgender) -0.31 *** 0.03 0.33 *** 0.03

Standardized coefficients; *** p ≤ 0.001, ** p ≤ 0.01, * p ≤ 0.05