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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Body Image. 2020 Nov 7;36:64–73. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.10.007

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Variable Total SM Men SM Women

N (%)
Race
African American/Black 236 (24.5%) 118 (50%) 118 (50%)
White 241 (25.1%) 116 (48.1%) 125 (51.9%)
Asian American/Pacific Islander 249 (25.9%) 124 (49.8%) 125 (50.2%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic 234 (24.3%) 120 (51.3%) 114 (48.7%)
Sexual Identity
Lesbian/Gay 336 (34.9%) 239 (71.1%) 97 (28.9%)
Bisexual 564 (58.6%) 206 (36.5%) 358 (63.5%)
Asexual 20 (2.1%) 10 (50.0%) 10 (50.0%)
Other 42 (4.4%) 24 (57.1%) 18 (42.9%)
Sexual Attraction
only attracted to males 203 (21.1%)
mostly attracted to males 89 (9.3%)
equally attracted to males and females 187 (19.4%) 338 (35.1%)
 only attracted to females 92 (9.6%)
mostly attracted to females 53 (5.5%)
M (SD)
Age 23.68 (3.73) 24.03 (3.76) 23.33 (3.68)

Note. N = number of participants, M = mean, SD = standard deviation, SM = sexual minority, common themes for Other category were ‘pansexual’ and ‘queer’.