TABLE 1—
Comparison of Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Men and Women on Socioeconomic Variables: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2001–2010
| Variables | Heterosexual Men (n = 5053), Mean ±SE (95% CI) | Sexual Minority Men (n = 234), Mean ±SE (95% CI) | P | Heterosexual Women (n = 5450), Mean ±SE (95% CI) | Sexual Minority Women (n = 377), Mean ±SE (95% CI) | P |
| Age, y | 35.0 ±0.16 | 35.7 ±0.59 | .23 | 35.2 ±0.15 | 32.7 ±0.49 | < .001 |
| Race/ethnicity | .18 | .09 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic African American | 10.4 (9.1, 11.9) | 11.4 (8.4, 15.3) | 12.0 (10.4, 13.9) | 16.6 (13.2, 20.6) | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 67.9 (65.0, 70.8) | 60.4 (52.8, 67.6) | 67.8 (64.6, 70.8) | 63.3 (56.8, 69.3) | ||
| Hispanic | 16.3 (14.0, 18.7) | 20.6 (14.8, 28.0) | 14.4 (12.4, 16.7) | 13.5 (9.6, 18.6) | ||
| Mixed or other | 5.4 (4.6, 6.4) | 7.6 (4.1, 13.6) | 5.8 (4.9, 6.9) | 6.7 (4.2, 10.5) | ||
| Highest education level | < .001 | < .001 | ||||
| < high school | 16.9 (15.5, 18.5) | 17.1 (12.9, 22.4) | 14.5 (13.2, 16.0) | 23.5 (18.7, 29.0) | ||
| High school or GED | 27.0 (25.2, 28.8) | 15.0 (10.4, 21.0) | 21.1 (19.9, 22.3) | 20.8 (16.3, 26.1) | ||
| Some college | 30.9 (29.4, 32.5) | 27.9 (21.9, 34.9) | 35.3 (33.5, 37.1) | 37.3 (30.9, 44.1) | ||
| ≥ college | 25.2 (23.1, 27.3) | 40.0 (31.1, 49.6) | 29.1 (27.0, 31.3) | 18.5 (13.6, 24.6) | ||
| Employment | < .01 | < .01 | ||||
| Employed | 86.5 (85.3, 87.7) | 77.0 (68.3, 83.9) | 71.6 (69.7, 73.5) | 63.1 (56.6, 69.2) | ||
| Unemployed | 13.5 (12.3, 14.7) | 23.0 (16.1, 31.7) | 28.4 (26.5, 30.3) | 36.9 (30.8, 43.4) | ||
| Marital status | < .001 | < .001 | ||||
| Married | 54.6 (52.9, 56.4) | 17.7 (12.3, 24.9) | 56.4 (54.6, 58.1) | 24.9 (20.0, 30.7) | ||
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 9.5 (8.5, 10.5) | 8.8 (5.6, 13.4) | 13.2 (12.1, 14.5) | 14.0 (10.8, 17.8) | ||
| Never married | 25.2 (23.6, 27.0) | 56.2 (47.5, 64.5) | 21.0 (19.3, 22.8) | 41.8 (36.3, 47.6) | ||
| Living with partner | 10.7 (9.6, 11.8) | 17.3 (10.2, 27.9) | 9.4 (8.5, 10.4) | 19.3 (14.4, 25.3) | ||
| Place of birth | .52 | .41 | ||||
| Born in the US | 81.5 (79.2, 83.6) | 79.3 (71.5, 85.4) | 84.7 (82.6, 86.6) | 86.6 (81.3, 90.6) | ||
| Born outside the US | 18.5 (16.4, 20.8) | 20.7 (14.7, 28.5) | 15.3 (13.4, 17.4) | 13.4 (9.4, 18.7) | ||
| Family income, $ | .11 | < .001 | ||||
| < 20 000 | 16.2 (14.8, 17.7) | 20.5 (15.7, 26.5) | 19.0 (17.5, 20.6) | 34.6 (28.9, 40.7) | ||
| ≥ 20 000 | 83.8 (82.3, 85.2) | 79.5 (73.6, 84.3) | 81.0 (79.4, 82.5) | 65.5 (59.3, 71.1) | ||
| Health care insurance | .3 | < .001 | ||||
| Yes | 71.3 (69.7, 72.9) | 75.6 (67.2, 82.4) | 80.2 (78.5, 81.8) | 64.5 (58.9, 69.8) | ||
| No | 28.7 (27.1, 30.3) | 24.4 (17.6, 32.8) | 19.8 (18.2, 21.5) | 35.5 (30.2, 41.1) | ||
| Regular provider | .35 | .02 | ||||
| Yes | 73.4 (71.9, 74.9) | 76.8 (69.3, 83.0) | 88.4 (87.2, 89.5) | 83.5 (78.4, 87.7) | ||
| No | 26.6 (25.1, 28.1) | 23.2 (17.1, 30.7) | 11.6 (10.5, 12.8) | 16.5 (12.3, 21.6) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general equivalency diploma.