Table 3.

Childhood Correlates of Religious Experience

	Stayed Christian (N = 455)	Left Christianity (N = 778)	Never Christian (N = 296)
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	F
Age knew LGB (1-56)#	15.4 (6.1)	15.3 (5.8)	14.7 (4.7)	0.94
Age told family (1-57)#	21.5 (7.9)a	19.8 (6.4)b	18.4 (4.9)c	11.05*
Outness in high school (1-5)#	2.0 (1.5)a	2.2 (1.5)a	2.5 (1.5)b	4.55*
Childhood bullying (1-4)	2.8 (1.1)a	3.1 (1.0)b	2.9 (1.0)a	7.56*
Average # of ACEs (0-8)	3.1 (2.2)a	3.6 (2.2)b	3.1 (1.9)a	7.35*

Note. LGB = Lesbian, gay, or bisexual; ACE = Adverse Childhood Experiences; F value derived from Multinomial Logistic Regression; Estimates with differing subscripts within rows differ significantly at p < .05 based on multinomial logistic regression results;

^#these variables were only asked of sexual minority respondents in the Generations study (n = 1,342, Stayed Christian n = 420, Left Christianity n = 675, Never Christian n = 247);

^*p < .05