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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2021 May 24;83(4):1460–1479. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12778

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Full Sample Cisgender Gay Men Cisgender Lesbian Women Multigender Transgender
Mean or % Mean or % Mean or % Mean or %
Mental Well-being (Mean) 13.12 13.08 13.26 12.26
Mental Well-being (SD)   2.88   2.85   2.86   3.28
Smoke at least some days 28.29 25.54 30.45 44.74
Gender Identity
 Cisgender Gay Men 55.55 / / /
 Cisgender Lesbian Women 40.49 / / /
 Multigender Transgender 3.96 / / /
Parent to a bio, adopted, or/and partner’s child(ren) 25.12 14.39 37.80 45.95
Age 37.02 37.08 37.07 35.62
Race/Ethnicity
 White (ref) 23.03 22.50 23.98 20.54
 Black 36.13 37.11 34.63 37.84
 Latinx 15.12 15.26 14.77 16.76
 Other 25.72 25.13 26.63 24.86
Relationship status
 Legal partner (ref)   9.67   5.38 15.15 13.69
 Partnered 43.04 36.01 53.23 37.48
 No partner 47.29 58.61 31.61 48.83
Education
 High school or less (ref) 13.64 12.78 13.25 29.73
 Some college 37.70 35.90 40.11 38.20
 Bachelor’s degree or more 48.66 51.32 46.64 32.07
Household income less than $30,000 33.05 31.80 33.34 47.57
Medical insurance 78.95 80.06 78.15 71.53
Have come out to all family 50.80 46.96 56.11 50.27
Have complete family support 38.14 36.45 40.56 37.12
Gender transition: Male-to-female / / / 25.23
n 2,803 1,557 1,135 111  

Note: Bolded values represent significant (p<.05) differences from multigender transgender adults; italicized values represent cisgender women’s significant (p<.05) differences from cisgender men. Sample sizes presented are for mental well-being; the sample size for the analysis on smoking status differs slightly at n=2,842 (1,582 cisgender men, 1,146 cisgender women, and 114 multigender transgender adults).