Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Lesbian | Gay | Bisexual | Transgender | Heterosexual | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 2066) | (n = 9491) | (n = 3441) | (n = 3195) | (n = 10,932) | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age < 20 | 541 | 26.2 | 2380 | 25.1 | 1123 | 32.6 | 982 | 30.7 | 2720 | 24.9 |
Age 20–29 | 1343 | 65 | 5978 | 63 | 2117 | 61.5 | 1861 | 58.2 | 6940 | 63.5 |
Age 30–39 | 175 | 8.5 | 903 | 9.5 | 166 | 4.8 | 283 | 8.9 | 946 | 8.6 |
Age 40+ | 7 | 0.3 | 230 | 2.4 | 35 | 1 | 69 | 2.2 | 326 | 3 |
Han Chinese | 1910 | 92.5 | 8818 | 92.9 | 3190 | 92.7 | 2946 | 92.2 | 10,194 | 93.3 |
Urban residency | 2027 | 98.1 | 9014 | 95 | 3359 | 97.6 | 2952 | 92.4 | 10,415 | 95.3 |
Attended college or above | 1253 | 60.7 | 5169 | 54.5 | 2218 | 64.5 | 1225 | 38.3 | 6206 | 56.8 |
Unemployed | 198 | 9.6 | 996 | 10.5 | 265 | 7.7 | 450 | 14.1 | 1113 | 10.2 |
Having religious group | 296 | 14.3 | 1672 | 17.6 | 484 | 14.1 | 705 | 22.1 | 1809 | 16.6 |
Having disability | 9 | 0.4 | 95 | 1 | 26 | 0.8 | 41 | 1.3 | – | – |
Married: | 51 | 2.5 | 436 | 4.6 | 164 | 4.8 | 228 | 7.1 | – | – |
Heterosexual Marriage | 19 | 37.3 | 377 | 86.5 | 151 | 92.1 | 201 | 88.2 | – | – |
Cooperative marriage | 30 | 58.8 | 52 | 11.9 | 13 | 7.9 | 23 | 10.1 | – | – |
Married oversea | 2 | 3.9 | 7 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 | – | – |