Table 1.

Sample Demographic Characteristics and Gay Community Stress Scale (GCSS) Distribution (N = 937) (Study 1)

	Demographic Characteristics		Group Differences in Gay Community Stress a
			Sex M	Sex SD		Status M	Status SD		Competition M	Competition SD		Exclusion M	Exclusion SD		Total Scale M	Total Scale SD
	N	%			F			F			F			F			F
Race					0.47			0.19			0.05			12.00**			0.97
Black	100	10.7	2.50	1.16		2.02	.97		2.14	.99		2.81	1.30		2.32	.91
White	636	67.9	2.49	1.08		1.97	.98		2.16	1.00		2.29	1.15		2.24	.89
Asian / Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	97	10.4	2.63	.89		2.03	.90		2.19	.85		2.81	1.00		2.36	.75
Other / Multiracial	104	11.1	2.53	1.15		1.99	1.05		2.17	1.11		2.45	1.28		2.34	.98
Ethnicity					8.24**			5.89*			4.29*			13.15**			9.75**
Hispanic	235	25.1	2.68	1.11		2.11	1.04		2.28	1.08		2.69	1.26		2.43	.93
Non-Hispanic	702	74.9	2.45	1.06		1.93	.95		2.12	.97		2.37	1.15		2.22	.87
Sexual Orientation					1.73			2.03			2.10			9.34**			2.71*
Gay	688	73.4	2.56	1.08		2.02	.99		2.19	1.01		2.48	1.17		2.31	.89
Bisexual	222	23.7	2.37	1.05		1.84	.94		2.01	.97		2.22	1.16		2.12	.86
Queer	21	2.2	2.29	1.01		2.24	1.04		2.51	1.09		3.78	1.12		2.58	.84
Heterosexual	1	.1	3.33	--		1.50	--		3.00	--		3.33	--		2.85	--
Uncertain	5	.5	2.43	.85		2.40	1.01		1.94	.67		2.07	1.09		2.20	.74
HIV Status					3.63*			2.63			1.25			.01			1.51
Positive	81	8.6	2.21	1.10		2.00	1.10		2.09	1.12		2.44	1.06		2.16	1.00
Negative	808	86.2	2.53	1.07		1.96	.96		2.15	.98		2.45	1.20		2.27	.87
Unsure	48	5.1	2.63	1.11		2.29	1.05		2.37	1.05		2.43	1.13		2.44	.92
Income					3.74			10.11**			2.36			1.09			4.91*
< $30,000	473	50.5	2.58	1.10		2.08	1.03		2.21	1.06		2.49	1.24		2.33	.92
≥ $30,000	464	49.5	2.44	1.05		1.88	.91		2.10	.94		2.41	1.14		2.21	.85
Employment Status					1.03			.09			.51			1.43			0.28
Full-time	539	57.5	2.50	1.07		1.97	.97		2.18	.99		2.44	1.17		2.27	.88
Part-time	125	13.3	2.45	1.15		1.99	1.09		2.17	1.11		2.43	1.22		2.25	1.00
On disability	20	2.1	2.39	1.11		2.10	.95		2.36	1.12		2.28	.94		2.31	.92
Student	188	20.1	2.64	1.08		1.98	.94		2.10	.97		2.58	1.26		2.31	.86
Unemployed	65	6.9	2.40	.94		2.00	.96		2.09	.94		2.19	1.11		2.27	.89
Highest Educational Activity					1.03			.09			2.04			2.14			2.57*
Some high school	16	1.7	3.07	1.28		2.56	1.40		2.80	1.26		2.83	1.35		2.84	1.23
High school diploma or GED	83	8.9	2.28	1.10		1.94	1.02		2.07	1.13		2.12	1.05		2.12	.95
Some college or Associate’s degree	371	39.6	2.57	1.13		2.00	1.01		2.19	1.04		2.47	1.25		2.31	.94
Bachelor’s or other 4-year degree	288	30.7	2.53	1.02		1.92	.91		2.13	.91		2.49	1.13		2.26	.80
Graduate degree	179	13.3	2.40	.99		1.98	.94		2.12	.95		2.46	1.17		2.23	.84
Relationship Status					10.6**			1.97			1.77			.46			4.62*
Single	637	68.0	2.59	1.10		2.01	1.02		2.19	1.03		2.46	1.20		2.31	.91
Partnered	300	32.0	2.34	1.01		1.92	.88		2.09	.93		2.41	1.17		2.18	.84
Population Density of Current Residence					.29			.35			.44			1.20			0.28
< 50,000	184	19.6	2.49	1.07		1.93	.97		2.12	.99		2.38	1.18		2.23	.89
50,000 - 250,000	226	24.1	2.56	1.09		2.01	.99		2.21	1.02		2.37	1.21		2.30	.89
> 250,000	527	56.6	2.50	1.08		1.99	.98		2.15	.99		2.50	1.19		2.27	.89
	M	SD			r			r			r			r			r
Age (Range: 18 - 68; Median = 28)	30.78	9.8			−.16**			−.08*			−.04			−.15**			−.12**

^aScores could range from 1 to 5.

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