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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2010 Jun;35(3):258–267. doi: 10.1007/s10900-010-9231-z

Table 1.

Demographics

Gender N %
Male 101 69.2%
Female 44 30.1%
Transgender (not included in analyses) 1 0.7%

Overall Male Female Significance

Age
 Mean 22.4 22.5 22.3 n.s.
 Range 16–30 16–30 16–30
Race/ethnicity
 Asian 2.7% 2.0% 4.5% n.s.
 Black/African-American 2.7% 2.0% 4.5% n.s.
 Caucasian/White 56.6% 54.5% 61.4% n.s.
 Latino/a, Hispanic 42.8% 44.6% 38.6% n.s.
 Native American 1.4% 2.0% 0.0% n.s.
 Other 2.8% 3.0% 2.3% n.s
 More than one race 8.3% 6.9% 11.4% n.s.
Sexual orientation P < .001
 Straight/heterosexual 83.4% 93.1% 61.4%
 Gay/lesbian/homosexual 3.4% 3.0% 4.5%
 Bisexual 13.1% 4.0% 34.1%
Relationship status P < .001
 Single 60.2% 71.7% 30.6%
 Married/living with domestic partner 4.7% 3.3% 8.3%
 Divorced 2.3% 3.3% 0.0%
 Committed relationship 24.2% 17.4% 41.7%
 Casual relationship 8.6% 4.3% 19.4%
Level of education P = .002
 Did not complete high school 44.0% 43.4% 45.2%
 Completed high school/GED 26.9% 34.3% 9.6%
 Some education beyond high school 29.0% 22.2% 45.2%
Homelessness
 Has a place to stay every night 77.9% 76.2% 81.8% n.s.
 Considers self homeless 45.5% 51.6% 32.6% P = .038
 Ever spent a night in a homeless shelter 36.6% 43.4% 20.9% P = .011
 Night in homeless shelter in past 2 months 18.0% 21.4% 9.8% n.s.
 Night in a public place in past 2 months 56.6% 59.4% 50.0% n.s.