Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.
| Gay people (n = 910) |
Heterosexual people (n = 910) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 505) |
Women (n = 405) |
Men (n = 505) |
Women (n = 405) |
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| Rank | M (SD) | Rank | M (SD) | t/χ2 | Rank | M (SD) | Rank | M (SD) | t / χ2 | |
| Age (years) | 18–62 | 31.11 (9.43) | 18–63 | 28.75 (8.55) | 3.94*** | 18–74 | 34.67 (12.26) | 18–65 | 30.64 (11.16) | 5.18*** |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||||
| First sexual relation (years) | 17.14 (3.99) | 17.23 (2.98) | −0.34 | 17.73 (2.81) | 17.89 (2.94) | −1.07 | ||||
| Duration of relationship with current partner (months) | 58.71 (67.55) | 47.41 (52.43) | 2.84** | 158.10 (137.65) | 136.73 (121.56) | 2.60** | ||||
| Me | M (SD) | Me | M (SD) | Me | M (SD) | Me | M (SD) | |||
| Number of sexual partners | 10 | 39.18 (82.97) | 5 | 7.46 (9.43) | 8.30*** | 4 | 6.10 (9.89) | 2 | 3.52 (4.19) | 5.17*** |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| Nationality | ||||||||||
| Spanish | 318 (63) | 275 (67.90) | 2.41 | 505 (100) | 405 (100) | |||||
| Other Hispanic countries | 187 (37) | 130 (32.10) | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Education level | ||||||||||
| Primary Education | 7 (1.40) | 8 (2) | 0.66 | 68 (3.50) | 31 (7.70) | 29.71*** | ||||
| Secondary Education | 107 (21.20) | 90 (22.20) | 188 (37.20) | 102 (25.20) | ||||||
| University Degree | 391 (77.40) | 307 (75.80) | 249 (49.30) | 272 (67.20) | ||||||
| Exclusive Relationship | ||||||||||
| Yes | 418 (82.80) | 387 (95.60) | 35.99*** | 494 (97.80) | 387 (95.60) | 3.74 | ||||
| No | 87 (17.20) | 18 (4.40) | 11 (2.20) | 18 (4.40) | ||||||
| Cohabit with your current partner | ||||||||||
| Yes | 285 (56.40) | 212 (52.30) | 1.57 | 275 (54.50) | 187 (46.20) | 6.17* | ||||
| No | 220 (43.60) | 193 (47.70) | 230 (45.50) | 218 (53.80) | ||||||
Note. M: mean; SD: standard deviation; Me: median.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.