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. 2013 Feb;27(2):77–84. doi: 10.1089/apc.2012.0355

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity (N=11766)

 
 
 
Race/ethnicity
 
Total sample
Black (ref)
White
Hispanic Latino
Asian/Pacific Islander
Other
Sociodemographic characteristics % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
Age*
 18–23 17.2 (2024) 24.8 (105) 15.6 (1527) 25.2 (204) 26.0 (81) 25.9 (97)
 24–29 14.7 (1733) 16.7 (71) 14.0 (1371) 18.7 (152) 21.8 (68) 16.0 (60)
 30–39 23.0 (2701) 27.6 (117) 21.6 (2116) 30.6 (248) 31.7 (99) 29.4 (110)
 40–49 26.1 (3068) 22.4 (95) 27.4 (2690) 18.7 (152) 16.0 (50) 19.5 (73)
 50–59 14.4 (1694) 6.8 (29) 16.1 (1577) 5.3 (43) 4.2 (13) 7.5 (28)
 60–69 4.1 (482) 1.7 (7) 4.7 (458) 1.4 (11) 0.3 (1) 1.3 (5)
 70+ 0.5 (64)     0.6 (62) 0.1 (1)     0.3 (1)
Education*
 High school or less (Ref) 12.1 (1190) 11.0 (41) 12.1 (983) 15.6 (109) 5.2 (13) 11.8 (38)
 Some college/associates 39.4 (3869) 45.2 (168) 39.1 (3180) 41.1 (288) 28.6 (71) 45.5 (147)
 Bachelors degree 38.1 (3745) 35.5 (132) 38.7 (3148) 33.7 (236) 50.0 (124) 29.4 (95)
 Master's degree or higher 10.3 (1016) 8.3 (31) 10.2 (831) 9.6 (67) 16.1 (40) 13.3 (43)
Sexual orientation*
 Homosexual/gay (ref) 83.7 (9847) 78.5 (333) 84.2 (8251) 85.0 (689) 84.3 (263) 76.2 (285)
 Bisexual 14.6 (1712) 19.6 (83) 14.3 (1396) 13.4 (109) 12.5 (39) 19.0 (71)
 Heterosexual/straight 0.2 (22) 0.7 (3) 0.2 (16) 0.2 (2) 0.3 (1)    
 Other 1.5 (177) 1.2 (5) 1.3 (131) 1.4 (11) 2.9 (9) 4.8 (18)
Relationship to most recent partner*
 Significant (ref) 25.5 (2999) 15.6 (66) 26.1 (2549) 26.9 (218) 23.1 (72) 22.7 (85)
 Casual 69.1 (8114) 77.1 (326) 68.7 (6714) 68.5 (555) 72.8 (227) 69.3 (259)
 Transactional 0.8 (94) 0.9 (4) 0.9 (84) 0.2 (2) 0.0 (0) 1.1 (4)
 Other 4.6 (535) 6.4 (27) 4.4 (433) 4.3 (35) 4.2 (13) 7.0 (26)

Note: p value based upon an ANOVA between race/ethnicity and age and a multinomial logistic regression to assess the relationship between education, sexual orientation, partner relationship, and race/ethnicity.

*

p<0.001.