Does Stress Explain the Effects of Sexual/Gender Minority Status on Children’s Behavioral and Emotional Risk?

Table 2.

DescriptiveData, Categorical Variables

  Freq. Percent

Gender/Sex Minority

    No 11,671 98.50

    Yes 178 1.50

Sex/Gender

    Female 5,673 47.86

    Male 6,181 52.14

Married Family    

     Unmarried 3,877 32.70

     Married 7,980 67.30

Suicide Attempt History (Lifetime)    

     No 4,583 97.41

     Yes 122 2.59

MDD (Past-year diagnosis)    

     No 9,146 97.85

     Yes 201 2.15

Future Nicotine Use    

     No 11,097 94.72

     Yes 618 5.28

Future Marijuana Use    

     No 11,315 96.59

     Yes 400 3.41

Note: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)