Table 2.
Weighted mean health-related quality of life scores among gender and sexuality diverse young people by across LSAC waves 6–8
| Gender identity | Sexuality (identity-level) | Sexuality (group-level) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans | Cis | p | Hedges g 95% CI |
Gay/Lesbian | p | Hedges g 95% CI |
Bisexual | p | Hedges g 95% CI |
Other diverse Sexuality | p | Hedges g 95% CI |
Heterosexual | Sexuality Diverse | Not Sexuality Diverse | p | Hedges g 95% CI |
|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||||||||
|
Wave 6 (age 14/15) 2013–2014 |
0.71 (0.07) | 0.79 (0.04) | 0.004 |
0.11 − 0.23, 0.46 |
0.72 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
− 0.79 − 1.06, − 0.51 |
0.69 (0.06) | <0.001 |
− 0.67 − 0.81, − 0.52 |
0.69 (0.05) | 0.006 |
− 0.94 − 1.31, − 0.57 |
0.81 (0.04) | 0.70 (0.06) | 0.81 (0.04) | < 0.001 |
0.12 0.00, 0.24 |
|
Wave 7 (age 16/17) 2015–2016 |
0.65 (0.1) | 0.77 (0.05) | 0.0012 |
− 0.72 − 1.05, − 0.38 |
0.70 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
− 0.65 − 0.94, − 0.37 |
0.65 (0.07) | < 0.001 |
− 0.69 − 0.84, − 0.55 |
0.58 (0.08) | 0.0011 |
− 0.78 − 1.16, − 0.41 |
0.79 (0.04) | 0.67 (0.07) | 0.79 (0.04) | < 0.001 |
− 0.69 − 0.82, − 0.56 |
|
Wave 8 (age 18/19) 2017–2018 |
0.50 (0.09) | 0.71 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
0.91 − 1.24, − 0.57 |
0.57 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
− 0.79 − 1.06, − 0.51 |
0.57 (0.06) | < 0.001 |
− 0.67 − 0.81, − 0.52 |
0.48 (0.06) | < 0.001 |
− 0.94 − 1.31, − 0.57 |
0.72 (0.05) | 0.58 (0.07) | 0.72 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
− 0.71 − 0.84, − 0.59 |
p < 0.05 indicates moderate statistically significant results, p < 0.01 indicates strong evidence of statistically significant results, p < 0.001 indicates very strong evidence of statistically significant results