Table 1.
Sample demographic characteristics and experiences of minority stress reactions and poor mental health, by country-of-origin structural stigma climate
| Total (n = 247) | Country-of-origin structural stigma |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher than mean (n = 57) | Mean or lower than mean (n = 190) | |||
| Age, M (SD) | 34.6 (11.2) | 30.7 (7.4) | 36.8 (13.0) | 0.001* |
| Sexual orientation | 0.163** | |||
| Gay, % (n) | 73.3 (181) | 70.2 (40) | 74.2 (141) | |
| Bisexual, but mostly gay, % (n) | 15.0 (37) | 19.3 (11) | 13.7 (26) | |
| Bisexual, equally gay and heterosexual, % (n) | 4.0 (10) | 1.8 (1) | 4.7 (9) | |
| Bisexual, but mostly heterosexual, % (n) | 3.2 (8) | 1.8 (1) | 3.7 (7) | |
| Pansexual, % (n) | 1.6 (4) | 1.8 (1) | 1.6 (3) | |
| Queer, % (n) | 2.0 (5) | 1.8 (1) | 2.1 (4) | |
| Uncertain or don’t know, % (n) | 0.8 (2) | 3.5 (2) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Education | 0.406** | |||
| Attended higher education, % (n) | 69.2 (171) | 73.7 (42) | 67.9 (129) | |
| Employment | 0.951** | |||
| Unemployed, % (n) | 3.6 (9) | 3.5 (2) | 3.7 (7) | |
| Personal income | 0.852** | |||
| Above the country mean, % (n) | 35.8 (87) | 36.8 (21) | 35.5 (66) | |
| Age of arrival to Sweden, M (SD) | 19.0 (11.6) | 16.4 (10.6) | 20.0 (12.1) | 0.045* |
| Years living in Sweden, M (SD) | 16.2 (14.0) | 14.1 (12.5) | 16.8 (14.5) | 0.203* |
| Rejection sensitivity, M (SD) | 166.0 (110.3) | 211.1 (123.6) | 153.1 (103.0) | 0.001* |
| Internalized homophobia, M (SD) | 15.1 (7.0) | 18.6 (7.8) | 14.0 (6.3) | <0.001* |
| Sexual orientation concealment, % (n) | 37.3 (82) | 57.1 (28) | 31.6 (54) | 0.001** |
| Poor mental health, M (SD) | 17.4 (14.6) | 23.3 (15.7) | 15.7 (13.1) | <0.001* |
*
P values based on a Student’s t-test.
**
P values based on a chi-square test.