Table 13.
Descriptive Statistics for NHIS 2020–2021
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Heterosexual | Gay | Bisexual | Heterosexual | Lesbian | Bisexual | |
| Age |
43.80 (13.05) |
43.30*** (12.88) |
33.57 (12.07) |
44.55 (12.80) |
41.72*** (13.47) |
31.98*** (9.992) |
| White |
0.744 (0.437) |
0.756 (0.430) |
0.736 (0.444) |
0.724 (0.447) |
0.743 (0.438) |
0.748 (0.435) |
| Married |
0.491 (0.500) |
0.206*** (0.405) |
0.149*** (0.359) |
0.511 (0.500) |
0.313*** (0.465) |
0.269*** (0.444) |
| Less than High School |
0.0733 (0.261) |
0.0244*** (0.155) |
0.0230* (0.151) |
0.0648 (0.246) |
0.0279** (0.165) |
0.0734 (0.261) |
| High School |
0.244 (0.430) |
0.143*** (0.351) |
0.184 (0.390) |
0.211 (0.408) |
0.162 (0.369) |
0.157** (0.365) |
| Some College |
0.283 (0.450) |
0.307 (0.462) |
0.333 (0.474) |
0.290 (0.454) |
0.352* (0.479) |
0.364*** (0.482) |
| Bachelor’s |
0.252 (0.434) |
0.289 (0.454) |
0.368** (0.485) |
0.261 (0.439) |
0.246 (0.432) |
0.280 (0.450) |
| Graduate |
0.147 (0.354) |
0.237*** (0.426) |
0.0920 (0.291) |
0.172 (0.378) |
0.212 (0.410) |
0.126** (0.332) |
| Any children in HH |
0.335 (0.472) |
0.0523*** (0.223) |
0.161*** (0.370) |
0.409(0.492) |
0.212*** (0.410) |
0.322*** (0.468) |
| Observations | 9469 | 287 | 87 | 10,203 | 179 | 286 |
Source Authors’ calculations from the NHIS 2020–2021
Mean values with standard deviations in parentheses. Differences relative to heterosexual counterparts Significant at 10%, **Significant at 5%, ***Significant at 1%