Table 5. Regression of Friendship Satisfaction and Total Number of Friends on Life Satisfaction (Hypothesis 3).
| Full Sample | Het.Men | Het.Women | Gay Men | Les. Women | Bi.Men | Bi. Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
| Friendship Variables | |||||||
| Satisfaction with Friends | .26*** | .27*** | .25*** | .15*** | .31*** | .35*** | .31*** |
| Same-Gender Talk Sex | .00 | .00 | -.01 | .04 | -.12 | .08 | -.01 |
| Cross-Gender Talk Sex | -.02** | -.02 | -.02*** | .01 | .02 | -.19** | -.05 |
| Same-Gender Text | .03** | .03* | .02 | -.01 | .05 | .00 | .13* |
| Cross-Gender Text | .02*** | .01 | .04*** | .04 | -.07 | .02 | -.03 |
| Same-Gender Birthday | -.02** | -.04*** | -.01 | .09 | .03 | .00 | -.06 |
| Cross-Gender Birthday | .03*** | .05*** | .02 | -.06 | .15 | .18* | .03 |
| Satisfaction Variables | |||||||
| Job | .29*** | .31*** | .27*** | .40*** | .28*** | .21*** | .24*** |
| Health | .18*** | .19*** | .18*** | .12* | .01 | .21*** | .17*** |
| Physical Appearance | .15*** | .12*** | .17*** | .13** | .25*** | .09 | .23*** |
| Demographics | |||||||
| Age | -.04*** | -.05*** | -.04*** | .03 | -.07 | .04 | -.07 |
| Age2 (curvilinear) | .05*** | .05*** | .06*** | .08 | -.01 | .01 | -.02 |
| Education | .01* | -.01 | .03*** | .02 | .11 | -.04 | .03 |
| Income | .01 | .03** | .00 | -.03 | -.02 | .00 | -.08* |
| Children | .03*** | .02 | .04*** | -.09 | .03 | .05 | .03 |
| Marital Status | .11*** | .09*** | .12*** | .16** | .13* | .05 | .05 |
| Key Groups of Interest | |||||||
| Bisexual | -.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gay/Lesbian | .00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gender | .05*** | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gender X Bi. | .00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gender X Gay/Les. | .01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Model Statistics | |||||||
| df | (16,23,545) | (16,11,157) | (16,11,024) | (16,302) | (16,188) | (16,332) | (16,457) |
| Adj. R 2 | .41*** | .45*** | .37*** | .43*** | .36*** | .44*** | .44*** |
*** p < .001
** p < .01
* p < .05.
Separate OLS regressions examining the predictors of life satisfaction are shown for the overall sample and then for each specific gender by sexual orientation grouping. The reference groups for dummy coded variables were: Gender (Men), Gay/Lesbian and Bisexual (Heterosexual), Children (No Children), and Marital Status (Unmarried).