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. 2020 Jul;110(7):1024–1030. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305637

TABLE 1—

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Individuals, by Experiencing Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), Counts, and Weighted Proportions: Probability Sample of Sexual Minorities, United States, 2016–2018

Experienced SOCE
Overall Sample (n = 1518), No. (%; SE) or Mean ±SE No (n = 1410), No. (%; SE) or Mean ±SE Yes (n = 108), No. (%; SE) or Mean ±SE P
Gender identity
 Woman 750 (55.0; 0.016) 708 (94.3; 0.011) 42 (5.7; 0.011) .15
 Man 674 (37.6; 0.015) 616 (91.2; 0.014) 58 (8.8; 0.014)
 Nonbinary or genderqueer 94 (7.4; 0.009) 86 (94.2; 0.022) 8 (5.8; 0.022)
Sexual identity
 Lesbian/gay 833 (46.9; 0.016) 757 (89.9; 0.014) 76 (10.1; 0.014) .01
 Bisexual 493 (40.6; 0.016) 476 (96.3; 0.011) 17 (3.7; 0.011)
 Other sexual identity 181 (12.5; 0.010) 166 (94.3; 0.018) 15 (5.7; 0.018)
Racial/ethnic identity
 White 931 (59.5; 0.016) 871 (94.2; 0.010) 60 (5.8; 0.010) .14
 Black/African American 180 (13.5; 0.011) 162 (88.6; 0.029) 18 (11.3; 0.029)
 Latino/a 158 (10.8; 0.010) 145 (91.7; 0.027) 13 (8.3; s0.027)
 Other racial/ethnic identity 249 (16.2; 0.011) 232 (94.0; 0.019) 17 (6.0; 0.019)
Educational attainment
 More than a college degree 288 (9.6; 0.006) 260 (90.6; 0.018) 28 (9.4; 0.018) .08
 College degree 429 (16.0; 0.009) 403 (95.5; 0.016) 26 (4.5; 0.016)
 Some college 492 (31.9; 0.014) 464 (94.5; 0.011) 28 (5.5; 0.011)
 High school diploma or less 309 (42.5; 0.017) 283 (91.8; 0.009) 26 (8.2; 0.009)
Age, y 30.9 ±0.37 30.7 ±0.38 32.7 ±1.43 .19

Note. Percentages and means were weighted. Sample size was n = 1518.