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. 2017 Dec 1;4(6):419–426. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0056

Table 1.

Demographics by Age Group

  Total (N = 726) 18–25 26–39 40–54 55+  
Variable n % n % n % n % n % P
Age
 18–25 142 19.6
 26–39 232 32.0
 40–54 225 31.0
 55+ 127 17.5
Sexual identity                     <0.001
 Lesbian 517 74.1 89 62.7 145 66.5 174 81.7 109 87.2  
 Bisexual 181 25.9 53 37.3 73 33.5 39 18.3 16 12.8  
Race/ethnicity                     <0.001
 White 271 37.3 54 38.0 75 32.3 66 29.3 76 59.8  
 African American 260 35.8 44 31.0 79 34.1 95 42.2 42 33.1  
 Hispanic 168 23.1 43 30.3 65 28.0 54 24.0 6 4.7  
 Other 27 3.7 1 0.7 13 5.6 10 4.4 3 2.4  
Relationship status                     <0.001
 In a committed relationship/cohabiting 289 38.6 34 23.9 105 44.2 95 39.6 55 44.0  
 In a committed relationship/not cohabiting 157 22.3 47 33.1 46 19.8 47 23.1 17 12.8  
 Single 276 39.1 61 43.0 80 35.9 81 37.3 54 43.2  
Education                     <0.001
 Less than high school 57 7.9 18 12.7 11 4.8 23 10.2 5 3.9  
 High school 90 12.4 25 17.6 24 10.4 24 10.7 17 13.4  
 Some college 229 31.6 68 47.9 67 29.1 71 31.6 23 18.1  
 College graduate 153 21.1 20 14.1 67 29.1 39 17.3 27 21.3  
 Graduate school 195 26.9 11 7.7 61 26.5 68 30.2 55 43.3  
Income                     <0.001
 Less than 20,000 222 32.0 72 58.1 57 25.1 62 28.1 31 25.4  
 20,000–39,000 130 18.7 23 18.5 56 24.7 30 13.6 21 17.2  
 40,000–74,999 170 24.5 21 16.9 59 26.0 60 27.1 30 24.6  
 75,000 or more 172 24.8 8 6.5 55 24.2 69 31.2 40 32.8  
Employment                     <0.001
 Full time 366 50.6 49 34.5 145 62.8 128 56.9 44 34.9  
 Part time 127 17.5 40 28.2 35 15.2 38 16.9 14 11.1  
 Unemployed-looking 118 16.3 39 27.5 36 15.6 33 14.7 10 7.9  
 Unemployed-not looking 113 15.6 14 9.9 15 6.5 26 11.6 58 46.0  

Due to missing data not all columns sum to the total sample size of 726.