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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Aug 1;165:141–149. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.038

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 21).

Total
Gender identity
 Female 11
 Transgender 4
 Male-to-Female (MTF) 3
 Transsexual 1
 Genderqueer 1
 Not listed: Demi-girl 1
Race/Ethnicity
 Black/African American 4
 Latina 4
 White 4
 Asian/Asian American 1
 Multiracial 8
Nativity
 U.S. (incl. Puerto Rico) 19
 Outside U.S. 2
Sexual orientation identity
 Heterosexual or Straight 11
 Lesbian, Gay or Homosexual 2
 Bisexual 2
 Queer 2
 Not listed: Pansexual 2
 Not listed: Transgender woman 1
 Don't know 1
Education (highest level completed)
 Middle school 1
 Some high school 3
 HS grad or GED 9
 Some college 5
 College degree 3
Income, past year
 <$6000 16
 $6000–$11,999 2
 $18,000–$23,999 1
 $24,000–$29,999 1
 Not reported 1
Employment status
 Full-time (>30 h/wk) 3
 Part-time 5
 Unemployed 13
 Disabled 3
 Student 3
Body Mass Index (BMI)
 Underweight (<18.5) 1
 Recommended (18.5–24.9) 7
 Overweight (25.0–29.9) 8
 Obese (30.0 and above) 4
 Not reported 1
Age in years (mean [SD]) 24.4 [4.3]

Notes. Employment status counts do not add to 21 because categories were not exclusive (check all that apply). BMI (kg/m2) was calculated using self-reported height and weight and categories were constructed using CDC guidelines for each category.