Table 3.

Pandemic Domain-Specific Stress Levels among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Respondents.

	Health Stress		Relationship Stress		Economic Stress
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (reference)
Gay/lesbian	.21**	.20*	.002	−.01	.05	.06
Bisexual	.39**	.29*	.25 *	.20 +	.41 ***	.30 **
“Another”/multiple	.72 ***	.52 ***	.25+	.14	.38 ***	.13
Sociodemographic
Gender (man)
Woman	.36***	.28***	−.01	−.01	.19***	.15***
“Another”	.17	.001	.03	−.06	.46**	.31+
Age (20–60 years)	.001	.001	.01***	.01***	−.02***	−.01***
Marital status (Cohabiting)
Married	−.34***	−.21**	−.32***	−.25***	−.36***	−.16**
Race/ethnicity (NH White)
NH Black	.23*	.01	.09+	−.05	.02	−.29***
NH Asian	.38**	.35**	.03	−.02	.12	.05
Hispanic	.22**	.22**	−.06	−.05	.03	.04
NH multirace	.26*	.23*	.02	−.01	.17	.11
“Another”	−.14	−.14	−.03	−.05	.01	−.003
Children (none)
One	.07	.05	.06	.07+	−.03	−.04
Two or more	−.14*	−.15*	.11**	.12**	.10	.12*
Education (less than HS/HS)
Some college	.16 +	.17*	−.02	−.01	−.08	−.03
College graduate	.34***	.44***	.04	.07+	−.18**	−.03
Mechanisms
Log HH income (1–13.12)		−.05*		−.003		−.06***
Microaggression (1–4.6)		.13*		.20***		.42***
Health care discrimination (1–5)		.29***		.11***		.26***
Friend support (1–5)		−.01		.04*		−.01
Family support (1–5)		.05*		−.06***		−.01
Community support (1–5)		−.11***		−.02		−.06**
Health condition (0–1)		.18**		−.02		.21***

Source: National Couples’ Health and Time Study (n = 3,612).

Note: Italic text indicates significant (p < .05) difference among sexual minorities with reference group gay and lesbian identity. Month of survey is included in the models but not presented. HH = household; HS = high school; NH = non-Hispanic.

⁺p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.