Table 6.

Main and Interaction effects of union status and gender on health outcomes by sexual orientation, NHIS 2013–2017

	Self-rated Health (odds ratios)			Functional Limitation (incidence rate ratios)
	Bisexual	Heterosexual	Gay/Lesbian	Bisexual	Heterosexual	Gay/Lesbian
Union Status (ref. = married)
Cohabiting	0.48	0.74***	0.94	1.09	1.37***	0.83
	(0.21)	(0.03)	(0.22)	(0.50)	(0.07)	(0.19)
Never married	1.14	0.80***	0.59**	0.78	1.23***	1.14
	(0.37)	(0.02)	(0.11)	(0.22)	(0.05)	(0.22)
Previously married	0.56	0.62***	0.50*	1.18	1.57***	1.53
	(0.22)	(0.02)	(0.14)	(0.38)	(0.04)	(0.38)
Female (ref. = male)	0.66	0.98	0.74	1.93*	j 42***	1.68*
	(0.19)	(0.02)	(0.16)	(0.53)	(0.03)	(0.41)
Union Status × Female
Cohabiting × Female	2.01	0.82***	0.83	0.68	1.05	1.28
	(0.97)	(0.04)	(0.26)	(0.34)	(0.08)	(0.42)
Never married × female	1.16	0.90**	1.20	1.00	1.04	1.07
	(0.43)	(0.03)	(0.32)	(0.34)	(0.05)	(0.30)
Previously married × Female	1.85	1.18***	1.52	0.79	0.86***	0.65
	(0.85)	(0.04)	(0.53)	(0.28)	(0.03)	(0.20)
N	1,428	150,403	2,654	1,428	150,403	2,654

Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses. All models control for age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, region of residence, and year of survey.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001