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Report
Psychological and Social Predictors of Poverty: Differences Between Lesbian and Bisexual Women
December 2024
Using data from the Generations Study, this report assesses the relationship between poverty and demographic, psychological, and social characteristics for lesbian and bisexual women. It appeared in Women’s Health Issues in December 2024.
Highlights
Identifying as Black and having a high school diploma or less were associated with poverty for both groups.
Outness, everyday discrimination, and internalized homophobia did not strongly predict poverty for either group.
Having children was a strong predictor of poverty for bisexual women, but not lesbians.