TABLE 1—
Person Characteristics and Mortality Status as of December, 31, 2008, Among Sexually Experienced Adults by Self-Reported Gender of Lifetime Sexual Partners and Respondent Gender: General Social Survey, 1988–2002
| Characteristics | Men |
Women |
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| Any Male Partners (n = 424), % (SE) or Mean ±SE | Female Partners Only (n = 7456), % (SE) or Mean ±SE | P | Any Female Partners (n = 429), % (SE) or Mean ±SE | Male Partners Only (n = 9577), % (SE) or Mean ±SE | P | |
| Person characteristics | ||||||
| Age at interview, y | 43.2 ±0.7 | 43.7 ±0.2 | .72 | 38.8 ±0.6 | 45.3 ±0.2 | < .001 |
| ≤ high school equivalent | 41.9 (2.4) | 46.0 (0.6) | .15 | 38.6 (2.4) | 50.5 (0.5) | < .001 |
| White race | 80.2 (1.9) | 84.8 (0.4) | .06 | 78.3 (2.0) | 80.9 (0.4) | .99 |
| Annual family income, $ | < .01 | < .01 | ||||
| < 20 000 | 24.5 (2.21) | 19.4 (0.5) | 32.6 (2.3) | 30.3 (0.5) | ||
| 20 000–44 999 | 39.1 (2.4) | 34.5 (0.6) | 37.0 (2.4) | 32.4 (0.5) | ||
| ≥ 45 000 | 36.4 (2.4) | 46.1 (0.6) | 30.4 (2.3) | 37.3 (0.5) | ||
| US Census region | .85 | .02 | ||||
| Northeast | 20.3 (2.0) | 18.8 (0.4) | 20.7 (2.0) | 19.6 (0.4) | ||
| Midwest | 24.3 (2.1) | 26.2 (0.5) | 17.9 (1.8) | 25.5 (0.4) | ||
| South | 31.8 (2.3) | 34.8 (0.6) | 33.3 (2.3) | 34.9 (0.5) | ||
| West | 23.6 (2.1) | 20.3 (0.5) | 28.0 (2.2) | 20.0 (0.4) | ||
| Rates health as “fair/poor” | 19.3 (2.2) | 19.8 (0.5) | .41 | 17.6 (2.1) | 22.4 (0.5) | .5 |
| Rates self as “not very happy” | 13.2 (1.7) | 10.0 (0.4) | .22 | 13.3 (1.7) | 11.8 (0.4) | .48 |
| Mortality status: years of follow-up | 11.0 ±0.2 | 11.4 ±0.1 | .15 | 11.0 ±0.2 | 11.7 ±0.05 | < .001 |
| Primary cause of death by end of follow-up (December 31, 2008)a | ||||||
| Intentional self-harm | 0.2 (0.2) | 0.6 (0.1) | .36 | 0.9 (0.5) | 0.1 (0.03) | .02 |
| HIV-related causes | 1.2 (0.5) | 0.6 (0.1) | .68 | |||
| Breast cancer | 0.9 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.1) | .4 | |||
| All other conditions | 18.9 (1.9) | 18.6 (0.4) | .56 | 8.4 (1.3) | 16.7 (0.4) | .31 |
| All-cause mortality | 20.3 (2.0) | 19.9 (0.5) | .73 | 10.2 (1.5) | 17.6 (0.4) | .69 |
Note. Weighted prevalences shown. Sexual orientation differences in person characteristics evaluated by gender-stratified logistic regressions in which sexual orientation was regressed on all person characteristics simultaneously. For mortality status, sexual orientation–related differences evaluated by gender-stratified multiple regression (follow-up years) or logistic regression (all-cause, suicide-, HIV-, or breast cancer–related, or all other conditions mortality status) with adjustment for person characteristics.
HIV-related causes coded under “all other conditions” for women; breast cancer coded under “all other conditions” for men.