Parenthood and the physical and mental health of sexual and gender minority parents: A cross-sectional, observational analysis from The PRIDE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the physical and mental health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) parents to SGM non-parents.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis using 2018-2020 data from The PRIDE Study, a national longitudinal cohort of SGM adults. We used Poisson regression adjusted for age, gender, relationship status, race/ethnicity, household income, and education to assess the association between parental status and each outcome.

Results

Among 9625 SGM participants, 1460 (15 %) were parents. Older participants were more likely to be parents: 2% of participants aged 18-30, 18% aged 30-39, and 38% aged 40+ were parents. In adjusted analyses, parenthood was associated with greater depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms as well as ever cigarette smoking. Among

SUBMITTER: Tordoff DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature