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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2023 Sep 30;65(1):38–59. doi: 10.1177/00221465231199276

Table 2:

Descriptive Statistics by Sexual and Racial-Ethnic Identities for Men (N = 75,019, 2013–18 National Health Interview Survey)

White Black Hispanic
Heterosexual Gay Bisexual Heterosexual Gay Bisexual Heterosexual Gay Bisexual
N (Sample Size) 52,900 1,189 344 8,742 164 47 11,301 264 68
Flu Vaccination (%) 42.1 55.6 41.3 30.7 29.4 31.2 27.5 45.5 36.8
Education (%)
 Less than high school 8.6 3.5 7.4 14.3 8.5 17.1 31.4 10.7 33.9
 High school/equivalent 25.2 15.6 22.4 33.6 24.9 22.9 28.7 23.7 29.2
 Some college/associate degree 30.8 28.5 38.3 30.9 39.7 33.5 26.1 32.9 25.8
 Bachelor’s degree 22.5 31.6 21.3 14.5 18.9 9.1 9.7 19.7 8.0
 Advanced degree 13.0 20.8 10.7 6.6 8.0 17.5 4.1 13.0 3.1
Employment Status (%)
 Has a job 66.9 69.3 68.2 61.9 62.3 52.0 75.1 78.4 55.9
 Looking for a job 3.6 4.5 6.5 9.0 10.6 29.7 5.1 6.5 17.0
 Not in labor force 29.5 26.3 25.3 29.1 27.2 18.3 19.8 15.1 27.1
Homeowner (%) 74.6 59.3 48.8 50.2 34.6 28.3 51.5 47.8 38.8
Insured (%) 91.1 92.8 85.3 82.6 76.6 66.5 69.9 78.4 85.1
Difficulty Paying Medical Bills (%) 11.9 12.2 14.5 20.5 26.0 39.1 17.2 18.4 28.3
Non-English Preference (%) 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.0 35.0 13.0 25.3
No Regular Place for Care (%) 14.6 10.8 22.1 18.7 19.0 26.2 28.8 17.9 33.3
Delayed Care for Logistic Reasons (%) 8.4 14.1 16.3 9.9 15.3 29.6 10.7 12.5 30.7
Poor Self-Rated Health (%) 11.5 11.1 15.5 15.9 14.6 15.9 12.3 12.5 15.5
Chronic Conditions (Mean) 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6
 SD 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8
Age (Mean) 48.9 45.4 38.0 44.2 37.3 36.9 40.6 38.5 34.5
 SD 17.6 17.0 17.7 16.7 13.7 16.3 14.4 13.0 13.0
Partnership Status (%)
 Married 59.7 22.1 20.2 41.3 9.5 8.4 53.7 22.1 13.3
 Cohabiting 7.0 23.7 11.1 8.8 13.9 10.7 9.6 22.3 9.5
 Divorced/separated 9.9 6.0 11.7 13.1 5.0 4.3 7.6 5.2 18.8
 Widowed 3.2 1.1 2.6 2.9 0.6 0.0 1.3 1.0 0.0
 Never married 20.2 47.1 54.6 33.9 71.0 76.6 27.8 49.4 58.4
Region of Residence (%)
 Northeast 18.7 20.8 17.1 15.6 19.5 13.7 12.7 15.6 10.9
 Midwest 28.0 19.7 23.9 17.6 17.0 33.9 9.8 6.5 18.6
 South 33.4 31.5 26.5 58.6 53.8 43.9 37.4 38.3 32.2
 West 20.0 28.0 32.5 8.2 9.7 8.4 40.2 39.5 38.3
Survey Year (%)
 2013 16.6 16.9 11.6 16.3 16.1 13.9 15.8 13.2 6.1
 2014 16.6 17.3 12.3 16.6 19.5 9.1 16.3 14.4 8.3
 2015 16.6 15.2 15.6 16.6 12.6 7.4 16.4 18.4 12.3
 2016 16.8 14.8 15.5 16.5 20.7 31.2 16.9 12.0 36.5
 2017 16.6 18.7 18.7 16.9 15.8 13.9 17.0 17.7 26.8
 2018 16.7 17.1 26.3 17.1 15.4 24.5 17.6 24.3 10.1

Note: SD = standard deviation.