Table 4.
Decomposition of pain difference between straight and sexual minority adults.
| Composition | Unexplained/coefficients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANEL A. Pain in 3+ sites (total difference 6.20***, 95% CI 5.17, 7.22) | ||||||
| Overall decomposition | 2.52*** | (1.46,3.59) | 40.7% | 3.67*** | (2.25,5.09) | 59.3% |
| Detailed decomposition | ||||||
| Age | −1.16*** | (−1.67,−0.66) | −18.7% | −0.06 | (−1.11,0.98) | −1.0% |
| Demographics | −1.76* | (−3.39,−0.13) | −28.4% | −1.19 | (−3.31,0.92) | −19.3% |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.47 | (−0.17,1.12) | 7.7% | −0.25 | (−1.11,0.61) | −4.0% |
| Health care | 0.27** | (0.10,0.43) | 4.3% | 0.06 | (−0.68,0.82) | 1.0% |
| Health behaviors | 0.60* | (0.10,1.09) | 9.7% | 1.47 | (−1.96,4.90) | 23.4% |
| Psychological distress | 3.83*** | (3.01,4.65) | 61.8% | 0.17 | (−0.73,1.07) | 2.7% |
| PANEL B. Chronic pain (total difference 6.19***, 95% CI 5.00, 7.37) | ||||||
| Overall decomposition | 2.78*** | (1.57,3.99) | 44.9% | 3.41*** | (1.78,5.03) | 55.1% |
| Detailed decomposition | ||||||
| Age | −1.21*** | (−1.72,−0.52) | −18.1% | −0.52 | (−1.75,0.71) | −8.5% |
| Demographics | −1.51 | (−3.34,0.31) | −24.5% | −1.76 | (−1.76,0.71) | −28.5% |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.59 | (−0.18,1.36) | 9.5% | −0.27 | (−4.44,0.91) | −4.4% |
| Health care | 0.21* | (0.14,0.40) | 3.4% | 0.25 | (−1.23,0.69) | 4.1% |
| Health behaviors | 0.43 | (−0.11,0.97) | 6.9% | 0.33 | (−3.34,4.00) | 5.4% |
| Psychological distress | 3.90*** | (2.97,4.83) | 63.05% | 0.18 | (−0.85,1.21) | 2.9% |
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001
NHIS 2013–2018, US adults age 18–64.
N=131,868 for pain in 3+ sites and 94,240 for chronic pain.
Sexual minority adults are all adults who chose a sexual identity category other than straight. It includes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and “something else.” The latter term was the actual terminology used on the NHIS survey; it captures other non-heterosexual identified adults. More information about the design of the sexual identity question is available elsewhere [52].