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. 2023 Feb 7;35(1):41–51. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2023.2172510

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)