Table 1.
Demographics by Age Group
Total (N = 726) | 18–25 | 26–39 | 40–54 | 55+ | |||||||
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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.