TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Participants (N = 67 359), by Sexual Orientation Identity and Gender: Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey Respondents, 2001–2008
| Heterosexual |
Gay or Lesbian |
Bisexual |
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| All |
Men |
Women |
All |
Men |
Women |
All |
Men |
Women |
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| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Total | 65 088 (100) | 25 387 (100) | 39 701 (100) | 1645 (100) | 926 (100) | 719 (100) | 626 (100) | 194 (100) | 432 (100) |
| Age, y | |||||||||
| 18–33 | 14 511 (33.1) | 5698 (33.7) | 8813 (32.5) | 277 (29.7) | 141 (29.2) | 136 (30.4) | 259 (59.5) | 46 (48.6) | 213 (65.1) |
| 34–49 | 26 736 (39.8) | 10 395 (39.5) | 16 341 (40.2) | 832 (49.3) | 474 (49.7) | 358 (48.8) | 232 (29.5) | 81 (35.3) | 151 (26.5) |
| 50–64 | 23 841 (27.1) | 9294 (26.8) | 14 547 (27.3) | 536 (21.0) | 311 (21.1) | 225 (20.9) | 135 (11.0) | 67 (16.2) | 68 (8.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 52 439 (82.3) | 20 836 (81.4) | 31 603 (83.2) | 1423 (84.2) | 805 (82.1) | 618 (87.2) | 469 (77.2) | 139 (74.0) | 330 (78.9) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 3422 (4.2) | 1248 (4.3) | 2174 (4.1) | 77 (4.7) | 42 (4.8) | 35 (4.5) | 40 (4.9) | 13 (5.3) | 27 (4.7) |
| Hispanic | 6687 (8.9) | 2125 (8.8) | 4562 (8.9) | 103 (7.6) | 57 (9.0) | 46 (5.7) | 75 (10.9) | 28 (14.1) | 47 (9.3) |
| Asian | 1486 (3.2) | 753 (3.8) | 733 (2.6) | 19 (2.3) | 14 (3.2) | 5 (1.2) | 21 (5.0) | 7 (3.6) | 14 (5.7) |
| American Indian and othera | 1054 (1.4) | 425 (1.6) | 629 (1.2) | 23 (1.2) | 8 (1.0) | 15 (1.5) | 21 (2.0) | 7 (3.0) | 14 (1.6) |
| Relationship status | |||||||||
| Married | 34 869 (59.2) | 14 413 (59.5) | 20 456 (59.0) | 309 (19.1) | 130 (14.4) | 179 (25.8) | 148 (23.6) | 43 (24.7) | 105 (23.0) |
| Formerly married | 13 660 (12.1) | 4049 (9.7) | 9611 (14.5) | 193 (8.2) | 94 (7.6) | 99 (9.1) | 149 (15.7) | 55 (20.7) | 94 (13.1) |
| Never married | 13 958 (23.8) | 5916 (26.0) | 8042 (21.6) | 743 (42.4) | 513 (51.1) | 230 (29.9) | 241 (44.5) | 85 (48.2) | 156 (42.6) |
| Coupled | 2601 (4.9) | 1009 (4.9) | 1592 (4.9) | 400 (30.3) | 189 (27.0) | 211 (35.1) | 88 (16.2) | 11 (6.4) | 77 (21.3) |
| Child in household | |||||||||
| Yes | 28 938 (48.3) | 10 218 (46.0) | 18 720 (50.5) | 248 (18.7) | 70 (12.2) | 178 (27.9) | 211 (34.5) | 32 (28.3) | 179 (37.7) |
| No | 36 150 (51.7) | 15 169 (54.1) | 20 981 (49.5) | 1397 (81.3) | 856 (87.8) | 541 (72.1) | 415 (65.5) | 162 (71.7) | 253 (62.3) |
| Education | |||||||||
| ≤ High school/GED | 21 206 (30.7) | 8567 (32.6) | 12 639 (28.9) | 284 (21.0) | 162 (22.9) | 122 (18.3) | 188 (29.6) | 62 (33.6) | 126 (27.5) |
| 1–3 y college | 15 540 (24.4) | 5473 (22.9) | 10 066 (26.0) | 368 (22.9) | 214 (24.8) | 154 (20.1) | 145 (25.0) | 48 (27.5) | 97 (23.7) |
| ≥ 4 y college | 28 342 (44.9) | 11 346 (44.6) | 16 996 (45.1) | 993 (56.1) | 550 (52.3) | 443 (61.6) | 293 (45.4) | 84 (38.8) | 209 (48.8) |
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Employed | 47 483 (74.8) | 20 079 (81.1) | 27 404 (68.6) | 1281 (78.3) | 726 (78.3) | 555 (78.4) | 383 (59.6) | 120 (65.8) | 263 (56.3) |
| Unemployed | 8836 (10.3) | 3199 (9.6) | 5637 (10.9) | 239 (12.6) | 129 (13.2) | 110 (11.9) | 141 (20.5) | 51 (20.6) | 90 (20.5) |
| Not in workforce | 8769 (15.0) | 2109 (9.2) | 6660 (20.5) | 125 (9.1) | 71 (8.6) | 54 (9.8) | 102 (19.9) | 23 (13.6) | 79 (23.2) |
| Percentage poverty | |||||||||
| < 300% | 24 266 (35.3) | 8204 (33.1) | 16 061 (37.5) | 452 (28.0) | 236 (27.2) | 217 (29.0) | 329 (51.8) | 96 (49.9) | 233 (52.8) |
| ≥ 300% | 40 822 (64.7) | 17 183 (66.9) | 23 640 (62.6) | 1193 (72.0) | 690 (72.8) | 502 (71.0) | 297 (48.2) | 98 (50.1) | 199 (47.2) |
Note. GED = general equivalency diploma. Percentages do not always equal 100 because of rounding. Numbers are unweighted counts; percentages are weighted proportions.
a
Alaska and Hawaii Natives and Pacific Islanders.