Does sexual identity and religious practice have implications for individual’s subjective health and wellbeing? Secondary data analysis of the Community Life Survey

Figures & data

Table 1. Survey respondents age and sex.

Age	16–24	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65–74	75–84	85+	Total
Male	382	647	806	774	777	810	370	78	4644
Female	576	908	946	887	899	793	365	99	5473
Total	958	1555	1752	1661	1676	1603	735	177	10117

Table 2. Ethnicity of respondents.

Ethnicity	Total
White	8022
Asian – Indian	455
Asian – Pakistani	292
Asian – Bangladeshi	109
Asian – Chinese	113
Asian – Other	142
Black – African	226
Black – Caribbean	117
Black – other	17
Mixed	467
Other	163

Table 3. Frequency of religious status (Relstat) to demonstrate a range of religious preferences and practice status in the sample.

Practice status for each Religion	N
Practising Christian	1324
Non-practising Christian	2518
Practising Buddhist	31
Non-practising Buddhist	37
Practising Hindu	140
Non-practising Hindu	98
Practising Muslim	454
Non-practising Muslim	138
Practising Sikh	42
Non-practising Sikh	23
Practising Other incl Jewish	83
Non-practising Other incl Jewish	110
No Religion	2274

Table 4. Descriptive statistics for sexual identity and wellbeing (1–4).

	WellB1		WellB2		WellB3		WellB4
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	N
Heterosexual	7.08	2.02	7.08	2.17	3.42	2.78	7.26	2.10	6682
gay/lesbian/bisexual	6.56	2.09	6.44	2.43	4.19	2.87	6.51	2.36	306
Non-response	7.03	2.34	6.99	2.73	3.60	3.01	7.31	2.31	2777
Mean Total	7.05	2.11	7.04	2.28	3.50	2.85	7.25	2.18	9766

Table 5. Frequency of religious status (Relstat) to demonstrate a range of religious preferences and practice status in the sample.

Practice status for each Religion (N)	Christian	Buddist	Hindu	Muslim	Sikh	Jewish	No Religion
Practising	1324	31	140	454	42	83	2274
Non-practising	2518	37	98	138	23	110

Table 6. Descriptive statistics for religious practice (new combined variable) and wellbeing (1–4)*.

Practice status	WellB1		WellB2		WellB3		WellB4
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	N
Practising	7.29	1.98	7.31	2.08	3.56	2.85	7.63	2.02	2064
Non-practising	7.01	2.07	7.03	2.21	3.44	2.77	7.13	2.14	2915
Non-religious	6.84	2.06	6.83	2.27	3.48	2.75	6.93	2.20	2265
Non-responded	7.08	2.31	7.00	2.47	3.53	3.02	7.38	2.27	2522

Table 7. Descriptive statistics for age groups and wellbeing (1–4)*.

Age group	WellB1		WellB2		WellB3		WellB4
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
16–24	6.87	2.07	6.76	2.31	3.99	2.84	6.83	2.28
25–34	7.0	1.99	7.02	2.20	3.77	2.79	7.12	2.22
35–44	6.92	2.02	6.90	2.19	3.76	2.78	7.25	2.10
45–54	6.7	2.24	6.70	2.36	3.61	2.79	7.11	2.26
55–64	6.89	2.19	6.91	2.34	3.48	2.90	7.19	2.14
65–74	7.62	1.96	7.61	2.11	2.77	2.76	7.75	1.91
75–84	7.68	2.02	7.62	2.13	2.96	2.92	7.64	2.09
85+	6.85	2.71	6.86	2.61	3.44	3.12	6.79	2.88

Table 8. Descriptive statistics of combined wellbeing scores for sexual identity and religion.

Sexual identity	Religious practice	M	SD	N
Heterosexual	Practising	28.92	6.88	1904
	Non-practising	27.84	7.33	2729
	Non-religious	27.37	7.36	1997
	Non-response	27.21	6.72	53
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual	Practising	26.13	7.49	45
	Non-practising	25.68	8.12	97
	Non-religious	24.98	7.62	160
	Non-response	20.75	6.20	4
Non-response	Practising	25.66	7.74	115
	Non-practising	26.35	7.50	89
	Non-religious	25.63	8.30	108
	Non-response	27.96	7.92	2465

Table 9. Descriptive statistics of religious practice, sexual identity and general health.

Sexual Identity	Religious Practice	M	SD	N
Heterosexuality	practising	2.04	.86	1910
	Non-practising	2.15	.84	2735
	Non-religious	1.97	.85	2002
	Non responded	2.35	.91	55
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual	Practising	2.40	1.03	45
	Non-practising	2.22	.89	97
	Non-religious	2.02	.83	160
	Non responded	2.50	.58	4
Non-responded	Practising	2.24	.98	115
	Non-practising	2.31	.96	91
	Non-religious	2.10	.79	112
	Non responded	2.26	.73	19
Total	Practising	2.06	.88	2070
	Non-practising	2.16	.85	2923
	Non-religious	1.98	.85	2274
	Non responded	2.33	.85	78