Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by sexual orientation.
| Characteristics | n (%) or mean (SD) | X2/ t | df | P | |||
| Full | Sexual minority | Heterosexual | |||||
| Total | 3738 (100.0) | 105 (3.0) | 3405 (97.0) | ||||
| Sex | 2.50 | 1 | .13 | ||||
| Male | 1497 (42.6) | 52 (50.5) | 1394 (42.7) | ||||
| Female | 2018 (57.4) | 51 (49.5) | 49.5 (57.3) | ||||
| Race/Ethnicity | 13.91 | 3 | <.01 | ||||
| Hispanic | 241 (7.2) | 16 (15.2) | 201 (6.4) | ||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 2633 (78.2) | 72 (68.6) | 2479 (79.1) | ||||
| Black or African-American, Non-Hispanic | 232 (6.9) | 6 (5.7) | 212 (6.8) | ||||
| Other, Non-Hispanic | 260 (7.7) | 7 (6.7) | 243 (7.8) | ||||
| Age | 61.1 (17.5) | 47.9 (15.6) | 56.8 (16.6) | 5.41 | 3508 | <.001 | |
| Education | 8.10 | 3 | .04 | ||||
| <High school | 237 (6.5) | 5 (4.8) | 194 (5.8) | ||||
| High school/GED | 727 (19.8) | 11 (10.5) | 664 (19.5) | ||||
| Some college/AA degree | 1132 (30.8) | 30 (28.6) | 1045 (31.0) | ||||
| College graduate or above | 1578 (43.0) | 58 (55.2) | 1466 (43.1) | ||||
| Household income | 1.97 | 4 | .74 | ||||
| <$20,000 | 664 (20.1) | 16 (15.7) | 591 (19.1) | ||||
| $20,000-$34,999 | 506 (15.3) | 13 (12.7) | 473 (13.9) | ||||
| $35,000-$49,999 | 415 (12.6) | 14 (13.7) | 392 (12.7) | ||||
| $50,000-$74,999 | 605 (18.3) | 23 (22.5) | 573 (18.6) | ||||
| >$75,000 | 1112 (33.7) | 36 (35.3) | 1061 (34.3) | ||||
| Insurance coverage | 0.01 | 1 | 1.00 | ||||
| Uninsured | 207 (5.7) | 6 (5.7) | 186 (5.5) | ||||
| Insured | 3444 (94.3) | 99 (94.3) | 3197 (94.5) | ||||
| Smoker | 1.83 | 2 | .41 | ||||
| Never | 2041 (55.6) | 51 (50.5) | 1849 (55.3) | ||||
| Current | 495 (13.5) | 18 (17.8) | 448 (13.4) | ||||
| Former | 1132 (30.9) | 32 (31.7) | 1049 (31.4) | ||||