Table1.
Prevalence of heterosexual, gay/bisexual, and lesbian/bisexual, and associated demographics
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual | GB | Heterosexual | LB | |
| (N = 19,530) | (N = 357) | (N = 26,552) | (N = 450) | |
| % (SE) | % (SE) | % (SE) | % (SE) | |
| Education status | ||||
| Low | 14.4 (0.34) | 11.1 (2.31) | 18.2 (0.35) | 18.7 (2.48) |
| Low-average | 21.2 (0.41) | 16.7 (2.24) | 24.8 (0.38) | 23.9 (2.68) |
| High-average | 39.3 (0.48) | 31.2 (2.99) | 31.6 (0.44) | 31.3 (2.87) |
| High | 25 (0.47) | 41.1 (3.26) | 25.4 (0.44) | 26.1 (2.62) |
| X2 = 26.7 p ≤ 0.001 | X2 = 3.1 p = 0.378 | |||
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 65.1 (0.48) | 31.8 (3.08) | 61.1 (0.44) | 42.4 (3.01) |
| Previously married | 8.4 (0.23) | 9 (1.65) | 18.3 (0.34) | 15.7 (2.01) |
| Never married | 26.5 (0.47) | 59.2 (3.07) | 20.6 (0.37) | 41.9 (3.07) |
| X2 = 71.7 p ≤ 0.001 | X2 = 56.6 p ≤ 0.001 | |||
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 72.9 (0.44) | 74.9 (2.84) | 53.8 (0.46) | 62.6 (3.2) |
| Student | 4.7 (0.24) | 3.2 (1.14) | 4.4 (0.21) | 7.3 (1.94) |
| Homemaker | 1.8 (0.14) | 2.4 (0.8) | 21.2 (0.39) | 15.7 (2.23) |
| Retired | 13.4 (0.3) | 12.5 (2.27) | 15.2 (0.34) | 6.1 (1.39) |
| Other | 7.2 (0.27) | 7 (1.38) | 5.5 (0.21) | 8.2 (1.4) |
| X2 = 12.1 p = 0.017 | X2 = 11.4 p = 0.022 | |||
| Income statusa | ||||
| Low | 22.4 (0.43) | 18 (2.61) | 28.5 (0.47) | 29.1 (3) |
| Low-average | 23.5 (0.43) | 19 (2.66) | 25.9 (0.4) | 21.4 (2.68) |
| High-average | 28 (0.45) | 24.8 (2.78) | 24.6 (0.4) | 28.4 (2.85) |
| High | 26.2 (0.48) | 38.2 (3.11) | 21.1 (0.39) | 21 (2.38) |
| X2 = 18.4 p ≤ 0.001 | X2 = 4.4 p = 0.218 | |||
| Age (mean, SD) | ||||
| 43.5 (0.17) | 41.5 (1.04) | 44.8 (0.16) | 41.1 (1.07) | |
| t = − 2.3 p = 0.022 | t = − 5.1 p ≤ 0.001 | |||
α = 0.005; aFor Income Status, the sample size was reduced (male: heterosexual = 18,664, GB = 344; female: heterosexual = 25,637, LB = 445)