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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2019 Dec 6;57(7):933–942. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1695723

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations of sexual orientation with physical and mental health indicators, among gay/lesbian and bisexual YEH.

Fair/poor self-rated health Probable depression

OR (95% CI) S.E. p OR (95% CI) S.E. p
Unadjusted model
Bisexuala 3.01* (1.28, 7.08) 1.31 .012 2.17 (0.75, 6.32) 1.18 .154
Adjusted MV model
Bisexuala 2.18 (0.8, 5.92) 1.11 .127 4.06* (1.41, 11.68) 2.19 .009
Genderb
 Female 1.07 (0.47, 2.44) 0.45 .878 0.95 (0.36, 2.5) 0.47 .915
Age 1.05 (0.84, 1.31) 0.12 .673 1.07 (0.83, 1.37) 0.14 .621
Race/ethnicityc
 Hispanic/Latino 0.69 (0.21, 2.33) 0.43 .556 0.88 (0.27, 2.89) 0.53 .838
 Black 1.20 (0.44, 3.25) 0.61 .723 0.64 (0.2, 1.98) 0.37 .435
 Multiracial/Other 0.63 (0.14, 2.79) 0.48 .546 0.63 (0.16, 2.56) 0.45 .523
Educational attainmentd
 Did not complete HS 1.98 (0.69, 5.73) 1.07 .205 0.86 (0.3, 2.43) 0.46 .775
 High school; GED 2.32 (0.79, 6.81) 1.27 .124 1.16 (0.41, 3.28) 0.61 .778
Slept outdoorse 0.60 (0.22, 1.65) 0.31 .320 1.90 (0.61, 5.93) 1.10 .271
Lived on own before 18f 1.77 (0.78, 4.03) 0.74 .172 0.54 (0.22, 1.33) 0.25 .181
Did not use emergency or transitional housinge 1.77 (0.66, 4.74) 0.89 .259 0.29* (0.09, 0.93) 0.17 .037
Duration, most recent episode 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.00 .911 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.00 .322
*

p < .05

a

Reference group is gay & lesbian

b

Reference group is male

c

Reference group is white

d

Reference group is “some college or more”

e

Past 30 days

f

Among participants ages ≥18