TABLE 1—

Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Childhood Abuse, by Sexual Orientation in Early Adulthood: United States, Growing Up Today Study, 2007 Wave

Variable	Heterosexual (n = 7828), %	Heterosexual With Any Lifetime Same-Sex Sexual Contact (n = 171), %	Mostly Heterosexual (n = 1417), %	Bisexual (n = 172), %	Lesbian/Gay (n = 196), %
Probable PTSD (lifetime)
Women	6.6	10.9	13.5***	26.6***	18.6***
Men	4.0	9.3	11.8***	10.3	13.6
Psychological abuse before age 11 y
Women	10.6	13.5	18.6***	30.5***	17.9*
Men	10.0	12.2	16.9**	19.2	17.1
Psychological abuse ages 11–17 y
Women	10.9	15.8	21.8***	28.2***	12.9
Men	9.7	17.5	19.7***	16.0	13.2
Physical abuse before age 11 y
Women	11.1	16.8*	19.1***	29.8***	15.5*
Men	13.1	22.0	20.4***	19.2	18.1
Physical abuse ages 11–17 y
Women	8.1	9.2	15.1***	25.9***	7.1
Men	10.1	17.5	17.2***	12.0	12.3
Sexual abuse before age 11 y
Women	7.0	14.5**	13.2***	21.2***	18.6***
Men	3.1	26.8***	6.7**	15.4**	7.6
Sexual abuse ages 11–17 y
Women	6.1	17.6***	15.5***	23.0***	20.2***
Men	0.9	14.3***	4.1***	4.0	15.1***
Any physical abuse
Women	13.0	19.0*	23.0***	37.2***	16.5
Men	16.2	29.3*	24.4***	23.1	19.8
Any psychological abuse
Women	14.4	20.7*	25.9***	35.8***	20.0
Men	13.0	22.0	22.3***	19.2	19.8
Any sexual abuse
Women	11.4	25.6***	24.3***	32.9***	31.4***
Men	3.5	34.9***	9.5***	19.2**	20.6***
Any abuse
Women	26.6	43.2***	44.3***	59.3***	46.5***
Men	22.9	51.2***	33.9***	38.5	37.4*
Childhood gender nonconformity, top decile
Women	13.1	19.2	24.1***	28.8***	59.5***
Men	7.5	14.3	25.7***	64.3***	75.0***

Note. Individual rows may have smaller n values because of missing responses. The full sample size was n = 9784.

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001 (2-sided Wald χ²).