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Journal article
Sexual orientation, gender expression and socioeconomic status in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 78(2), pp 121-128
28 Nov 2023
PMCID: 10850725
PMID: 38053260
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Abstract
Background
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a fundamental contributor to health, yet it is rarely examined relative to gender expression, particularly gender non-conformity and sexual orientation.
Methods
We use data from 11 242 Wave V respondents (aged 33–44) in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (2016–2018) to examine associations between socially assigned gender expression, sexual orientation and SES, in logistic and multinomial regression models stratified by sex assigned at birth.
Results
Among both women and men a general pattern of heightened risk for lower SES among gender non-conforming sexual minorities relative to gender conforming heterosexuals was observed. Gender non-conforming heterosexuals were also at elevated risk of lower SES compared with their conforming heterosexual peers.
Conclusion
Socioeconomic differences by sexual orientation and gender expression have important implications for understanding health disparities among gender non-conforming sexual minorities and their gender conforming heterosexual counterparts.
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Details
- Title
- Sexual orientation, gender expression and socioeconomic status in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
- Creators
- Stephanie M. Hernandez - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeCarolyn T. Halpern - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillKerith J. Conron - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Publication Details
- Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 78(2), pp 121-128
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- U54CA267735-02 / Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health R01HD087365 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006545) P2CHD050924; R01HD087365; T32HD091058 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009633)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001110110200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85178618148
- Other Identifier
- 991021861214604721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health