Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics by Sexual Orientation, N = 3,567
| (1) LGB | (2) Heterosexual with same-sex experience | (3) Heterosexual with no same-sex experience | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 81 | n = 273 | n = 3,213 | ||||
| Mean/% | SD | Mean/% | SD | Mean/% | SD | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Age (range: 50–97)b | 65 | (10.33) | 69 | (11.39) | 67 | (10.42) |
| Gender (% female) | 45 | 51 | 55 | |||
| Education (%)a | ||||||
| Less than high school | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| High school or equivalent | 14 | 24 | 23 | |||
| Some college/associate degree | 36 | 32 | 37 | |||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 46 | 33 | 31 | |||
| Race/ethnicity (%)a | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 67 | 79 | 82 | |||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 11 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Hispanic | 10 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Other | 12 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Loneliness (range: −1.2–2.3)a | 0.31 | (0.95) | 0.08 | (0.94) | −0.02 | (0.98) |
| Social relationships | ||||||
| Marital status (%)a | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 44 | 67 | 71 | |||
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 30 | 28 | 25 | |||
| Never married | 26 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Partner support (range: −5.14–1.12) | 0.06 | (0.81) | 0.01 | (1.00) | 0.04 | (0.99) |
| Partner strain (range: −1.97–2.84) | −0.03 | (0.92) | 0.05 | (0.93) | −0.01 | (0.98) |
| Number of close family (%)a | ||||||
| 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 2–3 | 44 | 40 | 38 | |||
| 4–9 | 22 | 40 | 38 | |||
| 10+ | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Family support (range: −3.61–1.37)a | −0.43 | (1.34) | −0.01 | (1.10) | 0.04 | (1.08) |
| Family strain (range: −2.06 – −3.13) | 0.09 | (1.08) | −0.06 | (0.90) | −0.01 | (1.06) |
| Number of friends (%) | ||||||
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2–3 | 28 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 4–9 | 44 | 42 | 39 | |||
| 10+ | 24 | 29 | 35 | |||
| Friend support (range: −2.79–1.52) | 0.25 | (0.93) | 0.04 | (1.08) | 0.05 | (1.05) |
| Friend strain (range: −1.69–3.66)a | 0.32 | (0.71) | 0.01 | (0.89) | −0.04 | (1.05) |
| Community participation (range: −1.16–1.82)a | −0.24 | (1.06) | 0.05 | (0.99) | 0.03 | (1.05) |
| Positive neighborhood quality (range: −2.70–2.47) | −0.09 | (1.29) | −0.05 | (0.94) | 0.03 | (1.10) |
| Negative neighborhood quality (range: −1.84–3.33) | −0.03 | (1.00) | −0.04 | (0.91) | −0.14 | (1.05) |
a
Difference between (1) and (3) is at the p < .05 significance level.
b
Difference between (2) and (3) is at the p < .05 significance level. Partner support and strain are observed only for married/cohabiting individuals (n = 2,500).