Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of all included variables by sexual orientation
| Variable | LGBQ | Heterosexual | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | P value | |
| Mental Health, M (SD) | 23.48 | 6.39 | 21.29 | 4.58 | <0.001 |
| Health complaints, M (SD) | 14.95 | 3.66 | 13.95 | 3.03 | <0.001 |
| Women | 480 | 56.9% | 12546 | 53.5% | 0.052 |
| Born outside Sweden | 94 | 11.1% | 1451 | 6.2% | <0.001 |
| Age | <0.001 | ||||
| - Young adult | 375 | 44.4% | 5403 | 23,0% | |
| - Middle-age | 221 | 26,2% | 10797 | 46.0% | |
| - Older | 248 | 29.4% | 7258 | 30.9% | |
| Income | <0.001 | ||||
| -Quintile 1 | 342 | 40.9% | 4444 | 19.0% | |
| -Quintile 2 | 210 | 25.1% | 4379 | 18.7% | |
| -Quintile 3 | 133 | 15.9% | 4754 | 20.3% | |
| -Quintile 4 | 78 | 9.3% | 4872 | 20.8% | |
| -Quintile 5 | 74 | 8.8% | 4939 | 21.1% | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||||
| -Low | 453 | 57.9% | 11018 | 48.1% | |
| -Medium | 244 | 31.2% | 7888 | 34.4% | |
| -High | 85 | 10.9% | 4005 | 17.5% | |
| Occupational class | <0.001 | ||||
| -Service class | 47 | 5.6% | 2069 | 8.8% | |
| -Routine non-manual | 90 | 10.7% | 4639 | 19.8% | |
| -Petty Bourgeoisie | 45 | 5.3% | 2087 | 8.9% | |
| -Assistant non-manual | 60 | 7.1% | 2664 | 11.4% | |
| -Skilled manual | 127 | 15.0% | 4490 | 19.1% | |
| -Unskilled manual | 237 | 28.1% | 4959 | 21.1% | |
| -Unspecified | 238 | 28.2% | 2550 | 10.9% | |
| Labor market position | <0.001 | ||||
| - Working | 273 | 32.9% | 12308 | 53.1% | |
| - Studying | 182 | 21.9% | 1691 | 7.3% | |
| - Retired | 236 | 28.4% | 6863 | 29.6% | |
| - Non-employed | 139 | 16.7% | 2317 | 10.0% | |
| Fear of violence | 168 | 20.3% | 2944 | 12.8% | <0.001 |
| Threat/violence experience | 87 | 10.6% | 915 | 4.0% | <0.001 |
| Degrading treatment | 286 | 34.8% | 3623 | 15.8% | <0.001 |
| Diff. make ends meet | |||||
| -Sometimes | 71 | 8.5% | 1151 | 4.9% | <0.001 |
| -Often | 118 | 14.1% | 1316 | 5.6% | <0.001 |
| Low cash margin | 323 | 38.7% | 3572 | 15.3% | <0.001 |
| Residential ownership | <0.001 | ||||
| -Resident-owned | 446 | 53.4% | 17675 | 75.7% | |
| -Rental | 247 | 29.6% | 4116 | 17.6% | |
| -Other arrangements | 142 | 17.0% | 1560 | 6.7% | |
| Job dissatisfaction | 74 | 8.8% | 1725 | 7.4% | 0.121 |
| Job insecurity | 103 | 12.2% | 1813 | 7.7% | <0.001 |
| Unmet medical needs: inaccessibility | 98 | 11.6% | 1099 | 4.7% | <0.001 |
| Unmet medical needs: experiences | 87 | 10.3% | 1288 | 5.5% | <0.001 |
| Unmet medical needs: other | 128 | 15.2% | 1903 | 8.1% | <0.001 |
| Unmet dental needs: other | 131 | 15.5% | 1965 | 8.4% | <0.001 |
| Unmet dental needs: economical | 117 | 13.9% | 1662 | 7.1% | <0.001 |
LGBQ lesbian-gay-bisexual-questioning orientation