Table 7.

Estimated indirect and direct effects of sexual identity on life satisfaction by gender, HILDA Survey 2012.

Mediating variable	Sexual identity
	Gay or lesbian	Bisexual	Other	Prefer not to say
(A) Men (N = 5777)
Log of equivalized household income	.001	−.018*	−.020***	−.015**
	(.005)	(.011)	(.009)	(.007)
Employed	−.007	−.009	−.024***	−.025***
	(.006)	(.008)	(.012)	(.009)
Married/De facto	−.049***	−.041***	−.045**	−.067***
	(.017)	(.017)	(.022)	(.014)
Self-assessed health	−.031	−.118***	−.133***	−.066***
	(.027)	(.042)	(.050)	(.025)
Number of children	−.011	−.000	.002	−.003
	(.012)	(.004)	(.004)	(.004)
Number of friends	.047***	−.087***	−.062*	−.017
	(.017)	(.028)	(.036)	(.023)
Completed a university degree	−.003	.004	.004	.005
	(.003)	(.003)	(.003)	(.003)
Total indirect effect	.013	−.263***	−.275***	−.190***
	(.038)	(.062)	(.071)	(.038)
Direct effect	−.178**	−.068	−.012	−.271**
	(.087)	(.142)	(.149)	(.106)
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	−.165*	−.331**	−.287	−.461***
	(.090)	(.148)	(.179)	(.106)
(B) Women (N = 6561)
Log of equivalized household income	.000	−.014**	−.033**	−.021**
	(.006)	(.006)	(.013)	(.009)
Employed	.001	−.003	−.005	−.003
	(.002)	(.004)	(.007)	(.004)
Married/De facto	−.040***	−.016	−.080***	−.048***
	(.015)	(.016)	(.024)	(.015)
Self-assessed health	−.062**	−.122***	−.070*	−.125***
	(.030)	(.031)	(.024)	(.029)
Number of children	−.015	−.002	−.003	−.002
	(.012)	(.002)	(.004)	(.003)
Number of friends	−.028	−.084***	−.011	−.030
	(.020)	(.020)	(.033)	(.018)
Completed a university degree	−.009*	.005*	.009	.011**
	(.005)	(.003)	(.006)	(.004)
Total indirect effect	−.146***	−.228***	−.193***	−.216***
	(.047)	(.039)	(.068)	(.046)
Direct effect	−.029	−.210**	−.059	.074
	(.103)	(.092)	(.213)	(.095)
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	−.175	−.438***	−.253	−.141
	(.111)	(.096)	(.226)	(.107)

^{***, ** and *} denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels respectively. Bootstrapped standard errors (200 repetitions) are in parentheses.