Table 3.
Weighted Estimates of Sexual Orientation Discrimination by Sexual Identity and Same-Sex Attraction and/or Behavior
| Overall | Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall samplea % (SE) | Lesbian-identified % (SE) | Bisexual-identified % (SE) | Heterosexual-identied with same-sex attraction and/or behavior % (SE) | Gay-identified % (SE) | Bisexual-identified % (SE) | Heterosexual-identified with same-sex attraction and/or behavior % (SE) | |
| Past-year sexual orientation discrimination | n = 3181 | n = 261 | n = 417 | n = 1368 | n = 317 | n = 138 | n = 680 |
| Any past-year discrimination | 15.68 (0.78) | 52.14 (3.33) | 22.60 (2.54) | 4.41 (0.71) | 46.55 (3.33) | 25.00 (4.47) | 5.56 (1.03) |
| Obtaining health care/ insurance | 4.98 (0.47) | 13.47 (2.42) | 7.29 (1.61) | 1.91 (0.53) | 11.73 (1.92) | 9.87 (3.05) | 2.74 (0.82) |
| Receiving health care | 4.82 (0.49) | 14.77 (2.87) | 7.10 (1.51) | 1.56 (0.50) | 13.16 (2.33) | 7.40 (2.69) | 2.24 (0.79) |
| Public places (eg, stores) | 10.67 (0.71) | 38.22 (3.37) | 17.30 (2.23) | 2.65 (0.66) | 32.93 (2.85) | 14.40 (3.60) | 2.60 (0.78) |
| Other situations | 6.29 (0.61) | 23.36 (3.36) | 7.59 (1.70) | 1.99 (0.52) | 21.17 (2.57) | 8.11 (2.72) | 1.12 (0.42) |
| Called names | 9.98 (0.59) | 29.26 (3.41) | 14.12 (2.14) | 2.71 (0.58) | 32.76 (2.98) | 21.40 (4.08) | 2.64 (0.60) |
| Assaulted, bullied or threatened | 5.08 (0.52) | 12.40 (2.46) | 7.55 (1.69) | 1.78 (0.52) | 15.95 (2.33) | 9.54 (2.95) | 1.81 (0.54) |
| Number of discrimination situations | |||||||
| 0 | 84.32 (0.78) | 47.86 (3.33) | 77.40 (2.54) | 95.59 (0.71) | 53.45 (3.33) | 75.00 (4.47) | 94.44 (1.03) |
| 1–2 | 8.54 (0.53) | 30.27 (3.67) | 11.63 (1.72) | 2.31 (0.39) | 24.02 (3.22) | 13.91 (3.32) | 3.44 (0.77) |
| 3+ | 7.14 (0.63) | 21.87 (3.03) | 10.97 (1.96) | 2.10 (0.61) | 22.52 (2.47) | 11.09 (3.15) | 2.11 (0.75) |
| Rao–Scott tests of association | F(3.68, 415.90) = 74.49, p < .001 | F(3.79, 427.75) = 39.38, p < .001 | |||||
| Prior-to-past year sexual orientation discrimination | n = 3178 | n = 261 | n = 417 | n = 1367 | n = 316 | n = 138 | n = 679 |
| Any prior-to-past-year discrimination | 21.29 (0.92) | 59.89 (3.49) | 26.55 (2.78) | 6.86 (0.83) | 67.20 (3.23) | 37.96 (4.56) | 8.95 (1.39) |
| Obtaining health care/ insurance | 6.20 (0.56) | 17.85 (2.84) | 9.02 (1.76) | 2.32 (0.60) | 15.97 (2.53) | 10.00 (3.12) | 3.07 (0.90) |
| Receiving health care | 6.64 (0.57) | 19.30 (3.34) | 9.17 (1.82) | 2.07 (0.57) | 20.47 (2.84) | 11.43 (3.53) | 2.58 (0.80) |
| Public places (eg, stores) | 15.05 (0.89) | 48.26 (3.74) | 19.19 (2.41) | 4.46 (0.75) | 50.51 (3.45) | 22.06 (3.97) | 4.60 (0.97) |
| Other situations | 8.67 (0.74) | 29.50 (3.45) | 8.94 (1.86) | 2.77 (0.61) | 31.86 (3.26) | 9.38 (2.88) | 2.26 (0.63) |
| Called names | 16.87 (0.86) | 44.69 (3.70) | 20.99 (2.62) | 4.53 (0.73) | 60.55 (2.96) | 34.03 (4.15) | 5.66 (0.99) |
| Assaulted, bullied or threatened | 11.26 (0.88) | 27.01 (3.20) | 12.42 (2.08) | 3.52 (0.69) | 45.11 (4.57) | 18.76 (3.85) | 3.28 (0.75) |
| Number of discrimination situations | |||||||
| 0 | 78.71 (0.92) | 40.11 (3.49) | 73.45 (2.78) | 93.14 (0.83) | 32.80 (3.23) | 62.04 (4.56) | 91.05 (1.39) |
| 1–2 | 9.21 (0.56) | 23.92 (3.18) | 9.66 (1.65) | 3.64 (0.50) | 23.96 (2.79) | 20.63 (4.09) | 5.60 (1.19) |
| 3+ | 12.07 (0.79) | 35.97 (3.41) | 16.89 (2.30) | 3.21 (0.69) | 43.24 (3.33) | 17.33 (3.46) | 3.34 (0.88) |
| Rao–Scott tests of association | F(3.78, 427.05) = 82.94, p < .001 | F(3.75, 423.27) = 65.02, p < .001 | |||||
aSelf-identified heterosexuals who are only attracted to the opposite sex and either never had sex or had sex only with opposite-sex partners were excluded from the sample.
Source: NESARC-III.