Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample and associations with LGB orientation (N=2408).
| Characteristic | Whole sample | LGBa (n=497, 20.6%) | Non-LGB (n=1911, 79.4%) | P valueb | ||
| Depression, mean (SD) | 6.2 (5.6) | 8.4 (6.3) | 5.6 (5.2) | <.001 | ||
| Negative social media experiences, mean (SD) | 1.9 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.8) | 1.8 (0.8) | <.001 | ||
| Time per day on social media, mean (SD) | 3.1 (2.9) | 3.7 (3.1) | 2.9 (2.9) | <.001 | ||
| Sex assigned at birth, n (%)c | <.001 | |||||
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Male | 1184 (49.2) | 197 (39.6) | 987 (51.7) |
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Female | 1223 (50.8) | 300 (60.4) | 923 (48.3) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | .89 | |||||
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18-24 | 460 (19.1) | 96 (19.3) | 364 (19.1) |
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25-30 | 1948 (80.9) | 401 (80.7) | 1547 (81.0) |
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| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | .15 | |||||
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White, non-Hispanic | 1607 (68.2) | 326 (67.6) | 1281 (68.4) |
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Black, non-Hispanic | 180 (7.6) | 35 (7.3) | 145 (7.7) |
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Hispanic | 339 (14.4) | 84 (17.4) | 255 (13.6) |
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Asian | 198 (8.4) | 32 (6.6) | 166 (8.9) |
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Otherd | 32 (1.4) | 5 (1.0) | 27 (1.4) |
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| Education, n (%) | .002 | |||||
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Some college or less | 1078 (44.8) | 252 (50.9) | 826 (43.3) |
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College graduate or more | 1327 (55.2) | 243 (49.1) | 1084 (56.8) |
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| Relationship status, n (%) | <.001 | |||||
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Married | 737 (30.6) | 111 (22.3) | 626 (32.8) |
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Member of unmarried couple | 623 (25.9) | 167 (33.6) | 456 (23.9) |
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Single | 1046 (43.5) | 219 (44.1) | 827 (43.3) |
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| Living with, n (%) | .46 | |||||
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Significant other | 1103 (45.8) | 213 (42.9) | 890 (46.6) |
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Parent/guardian | 505 (21.0) | 114 (22.9) | 391 (20.5) |
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Alone | 444 (18.5) | 93 (18.7) | 351 (18.4) |
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Other | 355 (14.8) | 77 (15.5) | 278 (14.6) |
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aLGB: lesbian, gay, and bisexual.
bSignificance derived from analysis of variance for characteristics measured on a continuous scale and chi-square test for characteristics measured on a categorical scale.
cColumn percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.
dIncluded American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and multiracial, non-Hispanic.