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Table 2 Distribution of study sample by sexual orientation

From: Sexual orientation and self-reported mood disorder diagnosis among Canadian adults

Characteristics

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual

LGB

n=75000 (97.92%)

n=1630 (2.72%)

*Mood disorder

  

 Yes

6232 (6.92%)

314 (17.05%)

 No

68768 (93.08%)

1316 (82.95%)

Sex

  

 Male

34648 (49.73%)

793 (50.24%)

 Female

40352 (50.27%)

837 (49.76%)

**Self-perceived life stress

  

 Not very high

56879 (74.22%)

1161 (71.44%)

 Very high

17946 (25.78%)

465 (28.56%)

*Community belonging

  

 Strong

47963 (61.16%)

926 (55.86%)

 Weak

26327 (38.84%)

687 (44.14%)

**Regular GP

  

 Yes

60944 (81.45%)

1299 (78.15%)

 No

14004 (18.55%)

328 (21.85%)

*Age

  

 18–29

17337 (27.0%)

462 (32.71%)

 30–39

18064 (22.9%)

329 (19.37%)

 40–59

39599 (50.11%)

839 (47.92%)

*Education

  

 Less than secondary

9007 (10.11%)

166 (7.42%)

 Secondary

13363 (17.32%)

243 (14.48%)

 Other post-secondary

6562 (9.65%)

204 (14.47%)

 Post-secondary

45831 (62.91%)

1010 (63.63%)

  1. Note. Chi-square test: * p<.0001, ** p<.05.