TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics by Sexual Orientation Among Inmates in US Prisons: National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012
| Men, Weighted % (SE) |
Women, Weighted % (SE) |
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| Characteristics | GB | MSM | Straight | Unweighted Sample No. | LB | WSW | Straight | Unweighted Sample No. |
| Age, y | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 21.5 (1.5) | 15.3 (1.5) | 28.6 (0.4) | 8 437 | 43.0 (1.1) | 22.9 (1.8) | 22.2 (0.7) | 1 995 |
| 30–44 | 41.6 (1.7) | 41.9 (2.0) | 44.6 (0.4) | 10 776 | 45.8 (1.1) | 51.3 (2.2) | 46.5 (0.9) | 3 287 |
| ≥ 45 | 36.9 (1.7) | 42.7 (2.1) | 26.7 (0.4) | 6 914 | 11.2 (0.7) | 25.9 (2.0) | 31.3 (0.8) | 1 721 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 45.1 (1.7) | 41.7 (2.0) | 30.8 (0.4) | 9 107 | 39.0 (1.1) | 56.8 (2.2) | 44.8 (0.8) | 3 275 |
| Black | 27.1 (1.6) | 34.3 (2.0) | 35.7 (0.4) | 9 111 | 23.8 (0.9) | 19.9 (1.9) | 21.6 (0.7) | 1 561 |
| Hispanic | 14.1 (1.3) | 12.6 (1.4) | 22.5 (0.3) | 4 777 | 20.1 (1.0) | 10.1 (1.4) | 20.4 (0.7) | 1 172 |
| Other | 13.0 (1.1) | 10.6 (1.2) | 9.9 (0.3) | 2 853 | 16.6 (0.9) | 12.9 (1.5) | 12.6 (0.6) | 956 |
| Education | ||||||||
| < high school | 51.1 (1.8) | 53.0 (2.1) | 56.4 (0.4) | 14 803 | 57.1 (1.1) | 52.6 (2.2) | 47.7 (0.9) | 3 620 |
| ≥ high school | 48.9 (1.8) | 46.9 (2.1) | 43.6 (0.4) | 11 287 | 42.9 (1.1) | 47.4 (2.2) | 52.3 (0.9) | 3 371 |
Note. GB = gay or bisexual men; LB = lesbian or bisexual women; MSM = men who have sex with men but do not identify as gay or bisexual; WSW = women who have sex with women but do not identify as lesbian or bisexual. The unweighted sample size was n = 33 130.