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Table 2 Experiences of using medical care services (N = 15,611)

From: A nationwide cross-sectional study of 15,611 lesbian, gay and bisexual people in China: disclosure of sexual orientation and experiences of negative treatment in health care

 

Sexual orientation disclosure

Being inquired about sexual orientation

Negative treatment

Suppress gender expression

Yes

It depends

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Overall sample

18.1%

57.0%

24.9%

5.5%

94.5%

8.0%

92.0%

69.9%

30.1%

Gender

 Male

18.2%

56.1%

25.8%

7.0%

93.0%

8.4%

91.6%

73.9%

26.1%

 Female

18.0%

59.5%

22.5%

1.0%

99.0%

6.9%

93.1%

58.3%

41.7%

 

p < .001

p < .001

p = .002

p < .001

Sexual orientation

 Lesbian / Gay

17.8%

56.3%

25.8%

6.4%

93.6%

8.7%

91.3%

72.6%

27.4%

 Bisexual

17.1%

58.4%

24.4%

2.6%

97.4%

5.6%

94.4%

62.3%

37.7%

 Pansexual

25.2%

60.1%

14.7%

2.1%

97.9%

5.0%

95.0%

58.3%

41.7%

 Asexual

24.3%

57.7%

18.0%

2.1%

97.9%

7.4%

92.6%

56.2%

43.8%

 Questioning

18.5%

62.8%

18.8%

2.3%

97.7%

8.1%

91.9%

60.7%

39.3%

 

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

Age group

 18–24

19.5%

60.6%

19.9%

4.8%

95.2%

7.5%

92.5%

67.7%

32.3%

 25–39

15.4%

49.7%

35.0%

7.1%

92.9%

9.0%

91.0%

73.9%

26.1%

 40 or above

14.1%

43.8%

42.0%

5.4%

94.6%

11.1%

88.9%

82.3%

17.7%

 

p < .001

p < .001

p = .001

p < .001

Living area

 City

18.7%

57.1%

24.2%

5.5%

94.5%

7.5%

92.5%

68.8%

31.2%

 Town

15.6%

55.9%

28.5%

5.3%

94.7%

9.9%

90.1%

74.8%

25.2%

 Rural area

16.3%

57.0%

26.7%

5.7%

94.3%

12.0%

88.0%

73.5%

26.5%

 

p < .001

p = .92

p < .001

p < .001

Education level

 Middle school or below

15.7%

55.8%

28.5%

7.7%

92.3%

12.6%

87.4%

74.4%

25.6%

 High school

17.7%

56.3%

26.0%

5.9%

94.1%

9.9%

90.1%

73.6%

26.4%

 College or above

18.3%

57.1%

24.5%

5.3%

94.7%

7.4%

92.6%

69.0%

31.0%

 

p = .09

p = .02

p < .001

p < .001

Income level

 Less than RMB10,000 (Less than USD1,450)

19.1%

60.4%

20.5%

4.6%

95.4%

7.4%

92.6%

67.9%

32.1%

 RMB10,000 – RMB49,999 (USD1,450 – USD7,249)

16.8%

55.8%

27.4%

6.4%

93.6%

9.6%

90.4%

72.1%

27.9%

 RMB50,000 – RMB99,999 (USD7,250 – USD 14,499)

15.8%

51.9%

32.3%

6.7%

93.3%

8.0%

92.0%

72.2%

27.8%

 RMB100,000 or above (USD14,500 or above)

20.1%

46.1%

33.9%

6.6%

93.4%

7.3%

92.7%

72.0%

28.0%

 

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001

p < .001