Table 1. Descriptive Statistics for the Continuous Demographic, Bisexual, Political and Religious/Spiritual Identity Measures (N = 120).

Scale	# of Items	Alpha	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Demographic Variables
Age	1	N/A	32.27	11.72	18	82
Education	1	N/A	5.93	2.56	2	11
Satisfaction with Standard of Living	1	N/A	1.34	.83	0	3
Bisexual Identity
LGB Community Consciousness	5	.70*	14.90	3.30	4	20
LGB Self Esteem	5	.87*	11.97	4.72	0	20
Choice in Being Bisexual	1	N/A	1.62	1.49	0	4
Age Decided was Bisexual	1	N/A	17.22	6.72	0	50
Age First Told Another about Bisexuality	1	N/A	20.33	6.29	9	52
Degree Out to Others re: Bisexuality	1	N/A	3.83	2.84	0	9
Political Identity
Political View	1	N/A	5.38	1.37	2	7
Religious/Spiritual Identity Factors
Factor 1 – Religiosity	5	.78	16.96	4.80	5	25
Factor 2 – Spirituality	2	.81	7.73	1.87	2	10
Factor 3 – Oppression	3	.65	11.58	2.46	3	15
Factor 4 – Alternate Religious Beliefs	2	.71	5.81	2.16	2	10
Factor 5 – Religion Socially Important	2	.67	6.28	1.88	2	10
Factor 6 – Atheism	2	.69	6.13	2.03	2	10
Other Religious/Spiritual Identity Variables
Church Attendance	1	N/A	1.18	1.43	0	5
Belief Statement	1	N/A	2.51	1.25	1	6
Religious Support	3	.85	2.28	2.63	0	9

^*Reliability coefficient reported in Herek, Gillis, and Cogan (1999) for the full NCHS sample (N =2,259).