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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study cohort (n = 1703)

From: Sleep problems among sexual minorities: a longitudinal study on the influence of the family of origin and chosen family

 

Overall

N = 1703 (%)

Has sleep dysfunction

n = 734

Short sleep duration

n = 280

Poor sleep quality n = 342

Family support

 Mean (SD)

− 0.266 (1.08)

−0.367 (1.14)

− 0.469 (1.21)

−0.439 (1.17)

 Missing

247 (14.5%)

104 (14.2%)

39 (13.9%)

54 (15.8%)

 p-value

 

< 0.001

0.001

0.001

Friend Support

 Mean (SD)

−0.069 (0.977)

− 0.145 (1.05)

− 0.214 (1.05)

− 0.165 (1.02)

 Missing

241 (14.2%)

103 (14.0%)

39 (13.9%)

54 (15.8%)

 p-value

 

0.02

0.003

0.035

Gender

 Man

796 (46.7%)

322 (43.9%)

122 (43.6%)

132 (38.6%)

 Woman

907 (53.3%)

412 (56.1%)

158 (56.4%)

210 (61.4%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

0.02

0.208

< 0.001

Sexual Orientation

 Homosexual

589 (34.6%)

234 (31.9%)

79 (28.2%)

107 (31.3%)

 Bisexual

611 (35.9%)

263 (35.8%)

101 (36.1%)

135 (39.5%)

 Other

503 (29.%)

237 (32.3%)

100 (35.7%)

100 (29.2%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

0.001

0.019

0.001

Qualifications

 No secondary

189 (11.1%)

109 (14.9%)

47 (16.8%)

44 (12.9%)

 Secondary

791 (46.4%)

323 (44.0%)

130 (46.4%)

164 (48.0%)

 Post secondary

526 (30.9%)

202 (27.5%)

66 (23.6%)

88 (25.7%)

 Others

153 (9.0%)

84 (11.4%)

35 (12.5%)

38 (11.1%)

 Missing

44 (2.6%)

16 (2.2%)

2 (0.1%)

8 (2.3%)

 p-value

 

0.147

0.091

0.357

Substance use

 Yes

1179 (69.2%)

531 (72.3%)

195 (69.6%)

247 (72.2%)

 No

524 (30.8%)

203 (27.7%)

85 (30.4%)

95 (27.3%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

0.459

0.445

0.715

Marital Status

 Single

968 (56.8%)

387 (52.7%)

133 (47.5%)

194 (56.7%)

 Married/Civil Partner

500 (29.4%)

230 (31.3%)

90 (32.1%)

87 (25.4%)

 Separated/Divorced/Widowed

179 (10.5%)

98 (13.4%)

50 (17.9%(

54 (15.8%)

 Missing

56 (3.3%)

19 (2.6%)

7 (2.5%)

7 (2.0%)

 p-value

 

0.003

< 0.001

0.211

Ethnicity

 British white

1332 (78.2%)

610 (83.1%)

214 (76.4%)

290 (84.8%)

 European white

48 (2.8%)

16 (2.2%)

7 (2.5%)

3 (0.0%)

 Non-white

323 (19.0%)

108 (14.7%)

59 (21.1%)

49 (14.3%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

< 0.001

0.193

0.009

Had a chronic mental or physical condition for the past 12-months

 Yes

600 (32.4%)

322 (43.9%)

141 (50.4%)

161 (47.1%)

 No

1250 (67.5%)

411 (56.0%)

139 (49.6%)

181 (52.9%)

 Missing

2 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Diagnosed with clinical depression

 Yes

296 (17.4%)

181 (24.6%)

80 (28.6%)

108 (31.6%)

 No

1407 (82.6%)

553 (75.4%)

200 (71.4%)

234 (68.4%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

SF-12 PCS score

 Mean (SD)

51.01 (9.821)

49.3 (11.2)

47.7 (12.0)

48.7 (12.2)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Neighbourhood cohesion

 Mean (SD)

3.397 (0.816)

3.380 (0.836)

3.273 (0.876)

3.301 (0.887)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 p-value

 

0.244

0.003

0.009

  1. All p-values are from unadjusted logistic regression between sleep problem and sample characteristics