Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the total sample and by sexual orientation.
| Variable | All (n = 93,047) weighted % |
Heterosexual (n = 85,913) weighted % |
Gay/Lesbian (n = 1,625) weighted % |
Bisexual (n = 1,396) weighted % |
Other non-heterosexual (n = 441) weighted % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food security status | |||||
| Food secure | 92.62 | 92.90 | 92.33 | 83.02 | 87.72 |
| Food insecure | 7.38 | 7.10 | 7.67 | 16.98 | 13.28 |
| Sexual orientation | |||||
| Heterosexual | 95.94 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Gay/Lesbian | 1.72 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bisexual | 1.83 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Other non-heterosexual | 0.50 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Immigration status | |||||
| U.S. Born | 81.82 | 81.47 | 90.85 | 93.68 | 88.97 |
| Non-citizen | 8.08 | 8.24 | 3.48 | 2.82 | 5.57 |
| Naturalized citizen | 10.10 | 10.29 | 5.66 | 3.49 | 5.46 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 62.97 | 63.35 | 65.36 | 65.69 | 62.87 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 11.71 | 11.50 | 13.19 | 9.36 | 11.58 |
| Hispanic | 16.74 | 16.67 | 13.73 | 16.22 | 13.68 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 8.59 | 8.48 | 7.71 | 8.72 | 11.87 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Not married | 47.99 | 46.52 | 73.15 | 78.68 | 76.67 |
| Married | 52.00 | 53.48 | 26.85 | 21.32 | 23.32 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 48.29 | 48.81 | 56.91 | 24.77 | 36.16 |
| Female | 51.70 | 51.19 | 43.09 | 75.23 | 63.84 |
| Age | |||||
| 18–37 | 29.34 | 28.12 | 42.22 | 70.50 | 54.38 |
| 35–49 | 24.16 | 24.32 | 23.63 | 18.69 | 20.78 |
| 50–64 | 24.70 | 25.21 | 23.74 | 7.33 | 13.06 |
| 65+ | 21.80 | 22.35 | 10.41 | 3.48 | 11.78 |
| Education | |||||
| No diploma | 5.51 | 5.46 | 1.39 | 3.23 | 4.06 |
| GED or high school | 19.74 | 19.72 | 13.85 | 16.67 | 13.44 |
| Some college | 30.25 | 30.12 | 30.57 | 39.27 | 34.77 |
| Bachelor | 25.42 | 25.46 | 28.90 | 26.40 | 28.98 |
| Higher graduate | 19.08 | 19.22 | 25.29 | 14.42 | 18.74 |
| SNAP utilization | |||||
| Not a SNAP utilizer | 88.11 | 88.39 | 87.72 | 80.06 | 84.97 |
| SNAP utilizer | 11.89 | 11.61 | 12.28 | 19.94 | 15.03 |
| Self-reported health status | |||||
| Excellent or very good | 58.22 | 58.63 | 65.46 | 52.37 | 51.36 |
| Good | 27.55 | 27.45 | 23.81 | 32.80 | 29.97 |
| Fair or poor | 14.23 | 13.92 | 10.73 | 14.83 | 18.66 |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Not a current smoker | 87.34 | 87.50 | 54.94 | 81.00 | 85.77 |
| Current smoker | 12.66 | 12.50 | 15.06 | 18.00 | 14.23 |
| Having difficulties paying for medical bills? | |||||
| No difficulties | 87.88 | 88.16 | 88.09 | 78.61 | 84.84 |
| Yes | 12.12 | 11.84 | 11.91 | 21.39 | 15.16 |
| Having difficulties paying for medications | |||||
| No difficulties | 94.21 | 94.46 | 92.60 | 85.95 | 87.13 |
| Yes | 5.78 | 5.53 | 7.40 | 14.05 | 12.87 |
| Income-poverty ratio | |||||
| >200 FPL | 71.52 | 71.97 | 77.80 | 61.61 | 67.15 |
| <100 FPL | 10.36 | 10.07 | 8.62 | 16.23 | 12.59 |
| 100–200 FPL | 18.11 | 17.95 | 13.56 | 22.16 | 20.25 |
| Having health insurance | |||||
| No health insurance | 8.95 | 8.79 | 6.94 | 13.10 | 10.79 |
| With health insurance | 91.05 | 91.20 | 93.06 | 86.90 | 89.21 |
| Household size | |||||
| 1 Member | 15.70 | 15.38 | 23.40 | 15.76 | 20.51 |
| 2 Members | 34.44 | 34.48 | 42.22 | 32.88 | 40.44 |
| 3 Members | 25.56 | 25.44 | 23.76 | 34.89 | 26.64 |
| > = 4 Members | 24.30 | 24.70 | 10.62 | 16.48 | 14.40 |
| Disability | |||||
| Living without a disability | 91.13 | 91.36 | 92.93 | 88.92 | 88.30 |
| Living with a disability | 8.87 | 8.64 | 7.07 | 11.08 | 11.70 |
| Region | |||||
| West | 23.66 | 23.46 | 28.04 | 26.10 | 29.78 |
| Northeast | 17.61 | 17.73 | 20.46 | 15.58 | 19.52 |
| Midwest | 20.90 | 21.12 | 14.83 | 24.82 | 21.18 |
| South | 37.83 | 37.98 | 36.67 | 33.51 | 29.51 |
| Metropolitan status | |||||
| Metro area | 86.07 | 85.73 | 92.69 | 89.18 | 89.72 |
| Non-metro area | 13.93 | 14.27 | 7.31 | 10.82 | 10.28 |
| Year | |||||
| 2019 | 33.18 | 33.55 | 25.78 | 26.31 | 27.43 |
| 2020 | 33.33 | 33.52 | 34.18 | 30.68 | 32.27 |
| 2021 | 33.48 | 32.93 | 40.05 | 43.01 | 40.29 |
General Educational Development (GED), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal Poverty Level (FPL).