Neighborhood social cohesion and sleep health among sexual minoritized US adults and intersections with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and age.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Neighborhood social cohesion or living in communities characterized by trust and social ties may mitigate sleep disparities among sexual minoritized vs. heterosexual persons; but its relation to sleep health is understudied among sexual minoritized groups. To investigate associations between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and sleep health among adult US men and women who identified as "lesbian or gay, bisexual, or something else," we used cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey data (2013-2018).

Methods

Participants reported neighborhood social cohesion (categorized as low or medium vs. high) and sleep characteristics. Adjusting for sociodemographic, health, and residential characteristics, we used Poisson regression with robust variance to estima

SUBMITTER: Gaston SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12086259 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature