Table 6.

LGBT Older Adults’ Health and Quality of Life by Life-Course Clusters

	Total	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	Cluster 4	Joint F a
		Retired Survivors	Midlife Bloomers	Beleaguered At-Risk	Visibly Resourced
Outcomes	M (SE) or %	M (SE) or %	M (SE) or %	M (SE) or %	M (SE) or %
Mental health
Depressive symptomatology (CES-D > 10)	32.05	34.53 [4]	32.16 [4]	46.79 [4]	20.15 [1,2,3]	7.23
Perceived stress	2.38 (0.03)	2.42 (0.05) [4]	2.37 (0.08) [4]	2.69 (0.07) [4]	2.15 (0.04) [1,2,3]	9.45
Physical health
Poor general health	26.08	34.78 [4]	23.12 [4]	36.26 [4]	12.32 [1,2,3]	10.05
Chronic health conditions	3.10 (0.07)	3.48 (0.12) [4]	3.20 (0.18) [4]	3.45 (0.16) [4]	2.45 (0.11) [1,2,3]	8.74
Physical impairment	0.81 (0.03)	1.05 (0.06) [4]	0.83 (0.08) [4]	1.02 (0.07) [4]	0.42 (0.03) [1,2,3]	27.10
Cognitive impairment	18.53 (0.68)	21.05 (1.32) [4]	17.67 (1.63) [4]	25.22 (1.55) [4]	12.15 (0.88) [1,2,3]	13.99
Disability	53.12	59.09 [4]	62.61 [4]	61.10 [4]	37.52 [1,2,3]	9.16
QOL
Physical	67.93 (0.71)	63.49 (1.18) [4]	68.86 (1.70) [4]	60.70 (1.70) [4]	76.39 (1.07) [1,2,3]	21.18
Psychological	66.25 (0.64)	65.64 (1.08)	67.03 (1.73)	60.41 (1.69) [4]	70.19 (0.88) [3]	6.21
Social	58.40 (0.82)	58.23 (1.40) [3]	58.33 (2.12) [3]	47.94 (1.92) [1,2,4]	65.20 (1.21) [3]	11.66
Environmental	72.84 (0.58)	72.57 (1.00) [3]	75.02 (1.47) [3]	65.32 (1.34) [1,2,4]	76.81 (0.93) [3]	8.07

Note: CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression; LGBT = lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender; QOL = quality of life. Means and percentages shown in table are weighted but unadjusted for covariates. Bracketed numbers indicate clusters with significantly different means after adjusting for age, income, education, gender, transgender identity, and race/ethnicity.

^aAll F statistics are significantly greater than zero at p < .001.