Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of variables by whether YGBM identify as religious/spiritual

	Religious/ Spiritual n = 279	95% CI	Not Religious/ Spiritual n = 72	95% CI	Total Sample N=351	95% CI	χ2/t/F
Race/Ethnicity, N (%)							11.86**
Black	140 (85.4)		24 (14.6)		164 (46.7)
White	79 (77.5)		23 (22.5)		102 (29.1)
Latino	24 (82.8)		5 (17.2)		29 (8.3)
Other	36 (64.3)		20 (35.7)		54 (15.9)
Age, M (SD)	23.15 (2.95)	[22.81, 23.50]	22.76 (2.49)	[22.18, 23.35]	23.07 (2.86)	[22.77, 23.37]	−1.03
Education Level, M (SD)	5.28 (1.89)	[3.35, 3.64]	4.90 (2.13)	[2.83, 3.50]	5.21 (1.94)	[3.29, 3.56]	−1.45
Sexual Identity, N (%)							1.04
Gay	227 (78.8)		61 (21.2)		288 (82.1)
Bisexual	26 (86.7)		4 (13.3)		30 (8.5)
Other	26 (78.8)		7 (21.2)		33 (9.4)
Local Community Stigma, M (SD)	2.58 (.58)	[2.51, 2.65]	2.52 (.70)	[2.36, 2.69]	2.56 (.61)	[2.51, 2.63]	−.71
Religious Participation, M (SD)	2.81 (1.65)	[2.62, 3.00]	1.32 (1.02)	[1.08, 1.56]	2.50 (1.66)	[2.33, 2.68]	−7.30***
Spiritual Commitment, M (SD)	5.17 (1.62)	[4.98, 5.36]
Religious/Spiritual Coping	6.23 (1.89)	[6.01, 6.45]
Religious Affiliation, N (%)
Protestantism	71 (25.4%)
Catholicism	43 (15.4%)
Judaism	2 (0.7%)
Islam	2 (0.7%)
Buddhism	3 (1.1%)
Interfaith/Denominational	7 (2.5%)
Spiritual	57 (20.4%)
Agnosticism	5 (1.8%)
Other	6 (2.2%)
	83 (29.7%)
Life Purpose, M(SD)	3.04 (.62)	[2.97, 3.11]	3.03 (.61)	[2.89, 3.17]	3.04 (.62)	[2.97, 3.10]	−.13
Self-Esteem, M(SD)	3.10 (.56)	[3.03, 3.16]	2.96 (.58)	[2.83, 3.10]	3.07 (.57)	[3.01, 3.13]	−1.80
Internalized Homophobia M(SD)	1.65 (.66)	[1.57, 1.73]	1.43 (.57)	[1.29, 1.55]	1.61 (.64)	[1.54, 1.67]	−2.67**

Notes

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001