Table 2.
Pandemic Stress Levels for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Respondents.
| Overall Stress | Increase Stressa | COVID-19 Disrupt Life | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| Sexual identity | ||||||
| Heterosexual (reference) | ||||||
| Gay/lesbian | .09 | .05 | 1.24 | 1.18 | .12* | .11+ |
| Bisexual | .41 ** | .28 ** | 1.30 | 1.15 | .26*** | .22*** |
| “Another”/multiple | .58 ** | .34** | 2.66 *** | 2.15 ** | .22** | .15+ |
| Sociodemographic | ||||||
| Gender (man) | ||||||
| Woman | .35*** | .29*** | 1.57*** | 1.42** | .15*** | .13*** |
| “Another” | .39+ | .18 | 1.61 | 1.26 | .14 | .08 |
| Age (20–60 years) | −.02*** | −.02*** | .97*** | .98*** | .002 | .003 |
| Marital status (cohabiting) | ||||||
| Married | −.19** | −.05 | .81 | .95 | −.14** | −.10* |
| Race/ethnicity (NH White) | ||||||
| NH Black | −.07 | −.37*** | .88 | .65* | .09 | −.02 |
| NH Asian | .16 | −.06 | 1.66* | 1.54+ | .1 | .06 |
| Hispanic | −.16* | −.12 + | 1.08 | 1.12 | .06 | .07 |
| NH multirace | .05 | .00 | 1.12 | 1.13 | .22** | .21* |
| “Another” | −.11 | −.13 | .84 | .81 | .05 | .03 |
| Children (none) | ||||||
| One | .06 | .06* | .95 | .93 | .05 | .04 |
| Two or more | .16* | .18** | 1.06 | 1.09 | .09+ | .09+ |
| Education (less than HS/HS) | ||||||
| Some college | .09 | .11 | 1.20 | 1.21 | .21*** | .20*** |
| College graduate | 25*** | .33*** | 1.53** | 1.67** | 41*** | 41*** |
| Mechanisms | ||||||
| Log HH income (1–13.12) | .01 | .99 | .03* | |||
| Microaggressions (1–4.6) | .38*** | 1.34* | .13** | |||
| Health discrimination (1–5) | .28*** | 1.35*** | .13*** | |||
| Friend support (1–5) | .04+ | 1.11* | .004 | |||
| Family support (1–5) | −.03 | .98 | .03+ | |||
| Community support (1–5) | −.07*** | .90+ | .004 | |||
| Health condition (0–1) | .28*** | 1.20 | .08+ | |||
Source: National Couples’ Health and Time Study (n = 3,612).
Note: Italic text indicates significant (p < .05) differences among sexual minorities with gay/lesbian as the reference category. Month of survey is included in the models but not presented. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; HH = household; HS = high school; NH = non-Hispanic.
a.
Logistic regression odds ratios are presented.
+
p < .10.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.