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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Women Q. 2014 Dec 29;39(3):287–304. doi: 10.1177/0361684314560730

Table 3.

Differences in Mental Health by Race and Gender Among Sexual Minority Adults.

Race
Gender
Black Women
White Women
Black Women
Black Men
Mental health M (SE)a M (SE)a F p M (SE)b M (SE)b F p
Depressive symptoms 0.72 (0.08) 0.69 (0.08) 0.07 .791 0.72 (0.07) 0.53 (0.06) 4.24 .038
Psychological well-being 5.25 (0.10) 5.61 (0.09) 6.29 .014 5.29 (0.09) 5.54 (0.09) 3.88 .051
Social well-being 4.59 (0.11) 4.93 (0.11) 3.93 .050 4.57 (0.11) 4.89 (0.10) 4.78 .031

Note. SE = standard error. All between-group analyses were adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics (i.e., age, sexual orientation, education, unemployment, and net financial worth).

a

Estimated marginal means and standard errors based on female participants only, adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.

b

Estimated marginal means and standard errors based on Black participants only, adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.