Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
| Gay men (n = 382) | Bisexual men (n = 138) | Lesbian women (n = 200) | Bisexual women (n = 259) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% CI) |
Mean (95% CI) |
Mean (95% CI) |
Mean (95% CI) |
|
| Age | 43.1 (41.2, 45.0) |
41.6 (38.1, 45.0) |
44.9 (42.5, 47.3) |
35.3 (33.5, 37.2) |
| Relationship Years | 5.3 (4.4, 6.2) |
8.4 (6.2, 10.6) |
8.4 (6.9, 9.8) |
5.9 (4.8, 7.0) |
| % (95% CI) |
% (95% CI) |
% (95% CI) |
% (95% CI) |
|
| Relationship status | ||||
| Married | 8.5 (5.9, 11.9) |
35.2 (25.7, 46.0) |
22.1 (16.4, 29.1) |
32.1 (26.1, 38.7) |
| Civil union | 5.2 (3.2, 8.5) |
0.9 (0.2, 3.6) |
8.2 (4.8, 13.6) |
2.8 (1.0, 7.7) |
| Partnered, living together | 26.7 (20.9, 33.5) |
7.3 (3.5, 14.8) |
27.3 (20.3, 35.7) |
16.8 (12.2, 22.7) |
| Partnered, not living together | 12.2 (8.2, 17.9) |
11.7 (5.3, 23.6) |
14.2 (9.3, 21.2) |
15.8 (11.0, 22.2) |
| Single, dating | 5.3 (3.4, 8.3) |
2.2 (.8, 5.8) |
7.3 (3.9, 13.3) |
7.0 (4.1, 11.7) |
| Single, not dating | 42.1 (35.8, 48.6) |
42.8 (31.7, 54.7) |
20.9 (15.2, 27.9) |
25.5 (19.6, 32.5) |
| Sexual activity in the last 30 days | ||||
| None | 12.0 (8.1, 17.4) |
11.0 (5.3, 21.5) |
29.0 (22.3, 36.6) |
13.8 (9.9, 18.9) |
| Solo only | 31.1 (25.2, 37.7) |
40.5 (29.6, 52.4) |
23.6 (17.2, 31.6) |
20.6 (15.5, 56.9) |
| Partnered ± Solo | 56.9 (50.2, 63.4) |
48.6 (37.4, 59.9) |
47.5 (39.4, 55.7) |
65.6 (58.7, 71.9) |
| Dating partner(s) | ||||
| 1 or more men | 100 | 22.5 (1, 91.3) |
3.3 (0.3, 27.5) |
64.0 (33.9, 86.0) |
| 1 or more women | 48.4 (4.0, 95.4) |
96.8 (72.3, 99.7) |
4.9 (0.5, 33.8) |
|
| Both men and women | 29.1 (1.1, 93.7) |
31.1 (11.0, 62.2) |
||
| Relationship partner | ||||
| Male | 93.2 (83.5, 97.5) |
26.5 (15.1, 42.3) |
84.1 (76.3, 89.7) |
|
| Female | 6.7 (2.6, 16.5) |
73.5 (57.7, 84.9) |
100 | 15.9 (10.3, 23.7) |
| Anxiety (“In the past 7 days, my worries overwhelmed me”) | ||||
| Never | 38.6 (32.6, 45.0) |
30.4 (22.3, 40.1) |
40.9 (33.4, 50.0) |
21.0 (16.1, 27.1) |
| Rarely | 24.4 (19.5, 30.4) |
38.1 (27.5, 50.0) |
30.9 (23.7, 39.1) |
25.0 (19.5, 31.4) |
| Sometimes | 26.9 (21.0, 33.7) |
20.0 (11.9, 31.4) |
19.2 (13.3, 26.9) |
34.0 (27.5, 41.2) |
| Often/always | 10.1 (6.4, 15.7) |
11.5 (5.1, 24.1) |
9.0 (5.5, 14.4) |
20.0 (14.5, 57.0) |
| Overall health (“In general, would you say your health is …”) | ||||
| Excellent | 12.4 (8.5, 17.6) |
17.6 (10.3, 28.3) |
9.8 (5.6, 16.5) |
7.0 (4.0, 12.2) |
| Very good | 43.6 (37.2, 50.3) |
25.2 (17.7, 34.6) |
46.1 (38.2, 54.1) |
33.1 (26.9, 40.0) |
| Good | 29.5 (24.0, 35.7) |
37.3 (26.8, 49.1) |
31.7 (24.4, 40.0) |
38.5 (31.9, 45.6) |
| Fair | 12.5 (8.7, 17.6) |
18.4 (10.4, 30.3) |
11.5 (7.3, 17.9) |
18.7 (13.3, 25.5) |
| Poor | 2.1 (1.1, 3.9) |
1.6 (0.5, 4.6) |
1.0 (0.3, 3.2) |
2.7 (1.3, 5.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic (NH) White | 66.0 (59.0, 72.3) |
75.1 (64.0, 83.6) |
70.3 (62.1, 77.4) |
67.7 (60.4, 74.3) |
| NH Black | 10.2 (6.3, 16.0) |
9.4 (4.3, 19.4) |
12.4 (7.3, 20.3) |
12.8 (8.0, 20.1) |
| NH Other | 4.5 (2.6, 7.6) |
3.0 (0.8, 9.7) |
0.6 (0.1, 2.6) |
1.1 (0.4, 3.1) |
| Hispanic | 15.0 (10.6, 20.8) |
7.1 (3.5, 13.7) |
13.6 (9.0, 19.9) |
14.0 (9.9, 19.5) |
| NH 2+ races | 4.4 (2.1, 9.3) |
5.5 (1.9, 14.6) |
3.2 (1.6, 6.3) |
4.3 (2.3, 7.8) |
| Education | ||||
| Less than High School | 9.2 (4.8, 16.2) |
8.6 (2.8, 23.6) |
5.1 (1.61, 15.2) |
8.6 (4.3, 16.3) |
| High school | 16.2 (11.3, 22.7) |
26.1 (16.4, 38.9) |
15.3 (9.5, 23.8) |
26.0 (19.5, 33.9) |
| Some college | 29.6 (24.2, 35.6) |
38.6 (28.5, 49.6) |
35.0 (27.8, 42.9) |
38.9 (32.5, 45.7) |
| College + | 45.0 (38.8, 51.4) |
26.7 (19.2, 35.9) |
44.5 (36.9, 52.4) |
26.5 (21.6, 32.1) |
| Employment | ||||
| Working | 65.8 (59.4, 71.7) |
58.2 (46.5, 69.0) |
69.4 (61.5, 76.3) |
61.0 (53.6, 68.0) |
| Disabled/retired | 19.6 (15.7, 24.0) |
23.2 (16.0, 32.5) |
20.9 (15.6, 27.4) |
12.9 (8.6, 19.0) |
| Not working | 14.7 (9.9, 21.1) |
18.6 (9.8, 32.3) |
9.7 (5.3, 17.4) |
26.1 (19.9, 33.3) |