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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Women Q. 2014 Dec 29;39(3):287–304. doi: 10.1177/0361684314560730

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Black Sexual Minority Women, White Sexual Minority Women, and Black Sexual Minority Men.

Black Sexual Minority Women (n = 64)
White Sexual Minority Women (n = 67)
Black Sexual Minority Men (n = 67)
Characteristic % (n) % (n) % (n)
Age
    ≤ 29 years 46.9% (30) 47.8% (32) 46.3% (31)
    30–39 years 32.8% (21) 31.3% (21) 34.3% (23)
    40–49 years 14.1% (9) 11.9% (8) 17.9% (12)
    ≥ 50 years 6.3% (4) 9.0% (6) 1.5% (1)
Sexual orientation
    Bisexual 28.1% (18) 14.9% (10) 17.9% (12)
    Gay 7.8% (5) 16.4% (11) 73.1% (49)
    Lesbian 54.7% (35) 56.7% (38) 0.0% (0)
    Other non-heterosexual 9.4% (6) 11.9% (8) 9.0% (6)
Education
    ≤ 12 years (high school diploma) 28.1% (18) 4.5% (3) 25.4% (17)
    >12 years 71.9% (46) 95.5% (64) 74.6% (50)
Unemployment
    Unemployed 23.4% (15) 7.5% (5) 16.4% (11)
    Other (e.g., employed, student) 76.6% (49) 92.5% (62) 83.6% (56)
Net financial wortha
    <US$0.00 (negative) 72.6% (45) 48.4% (31) 56.1% (37)
    ≥ US$0.00 (zero or positive) 27.4% (17) 51.6% (33) 43.9% (29)
a

For net financial worth only, there were 62 Black sexual minority women, 64 White sexual minority women, and 66 Black sexual minority men.