Table 2.

Pooled Sample Demographic Characteristics by Sexual Identity Among Women: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2014–2015

	Heterosexual		Gay/Lesbian		Bisexual		Other		Unsure
	%	[95% CI]	%	[95% CI]	%	[95% CI]	%	[95% CI]	%	[95% CI]	χ2	p
WOMEN
Race/Ethnicity											54.15,	< .0001
White, NH	73.68	[73.15,74.21]	70.53	[65.55,75.05]	62.25	[57.91,66.40]	49.43	[40.62,58.26]	32.24	[27.62,37.23]
Black, NH	12.41	[12.03,12.80]	14.86	[11.37,19.19]	17.45	[14.05,21.45]	12.64	[8.12,19.14]	5.77	[3.92,8.42]
Hispanic	7.62	[7.28,7.98]	7.56	[5.09,11.10]	8.88	[6.84,11.45]	25.00	[17.02,35.14]	44.67	[38.99,50.50]
Other, NH	4.93	[4.63,5.25]	4.45	[2.68,7.29]	7.30	[5.23,10.11]	11.66	[7.42,17.86]	16.78	[12.09,22.82]
Multiracial, NH	1.36	[1.26,1.46]	2.60	[1.71,3.95]	4.12	[2.88,5.87]	1.27	[0.44,3.58]	0.54	[0.23,1.22]
Age											39.37,	< .0001
18–24	10.74	[10.27,11.24]	20.37	[15.95,25.64]	37.66	[33.39,42.14]	16.52	[10.47,25.10]	5.28	[2.61,10.37]
25–34	14.55	[14.13,14.99]	18.10	[14.50,22.36]	29.16	[25.43,33.20]	14.80	[8.92,23.55]	15.29	[11.59,19.89]
35–44	15.56	[15.17,15.97]	15.56	[12.37,19.39]	13.07	[10.87,15.65]	13.89	[8.18,22.60]	17.17	[13.10,22.18]
45–54	18.16	[17.77,18.55]	22.54	[18.95,26.58]	8.75	[6.94,10.97]	10.58	[6.73,16.24]	13.82	[10.27,18.36]
55–64	18.06	[17.71,18.42]	14.07	[11.66,16.89]	5.81	[4.75,7.08]	20.00	[13.88,27.96]	14.39	[11.03,18.56]
65+	22.92	[22.54,23.30]	9.36	[7.36,11.85]	5.54	[4.43,6.92]	24.20	[18.91,30.41]	34.06	[29.39,39.06]
Education											67.61,	< .0001
< High school	10.51	[10.08,10.95]	5.72	[3.86,8.39]	16.85	[13.27,21.15]	39.90	[31.27,49.20]	53.84	[48.35,59.24]
High school	29.45	[28.96,29.95]	26.35	[22.12,31.07]	28.58	[24.94,32.52]	22.80	[17.32,29.41]	26.73	[22.36,31.59]
Some college	32.21	[31.70,32.73]	35.84	[30.97,41.01]	35.05	[31.17,39.14]	24.09	[17.08,32.83]	11.60	[8.27,16.03]
≥ College	27.83	[27.40,28.26]	32.09	[28.25,36.19]	19.52	[16.96,22.36]	13.21	[9.30,18.43]	7.83	[5.56,10.92]
Relationship Status											58.67,	< .0001
Married	51.80	[51.25,52.34]	20.85	[17.47,24.69]	23.96	[20.78,27.47]	31.31	[23.93,39.78]	45.29	[39.79,50.91]
Divorced	11.37	[11.07,11.67]	7.98	[6.10,10.38]	7.95	[6.62,9.52]	6.67	[4.24,10.34]	9.32	[6.69,12.84]
Widowed	10.50	[10.24,10.77]	1.60	[0.94,2.70]	2.76	[2.10,3.63]	14.33	[10.16,19.84]	19.15	[15.97,22.79]
Separated	2.30	[2.15,2.46]	2.77	[1.63,4.67]	4.14	[2.86,5.95]	4.37	[2.20,8.48]	8.22	[5.23,12.70]
Never married	20.64	[20.10,21.18]	46.99	[42.03,52.01]	52.05	[47.87,56.21]	30.64	[23.02,39.50]	11.26	[7.72,16.12]
Coupled	3.40	[3.17,3.64]	19.81	[16.52,23.55]	9.13	[7.13,11.63]	12.67	[6.61,22.94]	6.76	[4.20,10.70]
Child in House											7.44.	< .0001
No	62.29	[61.73,62.84]	72.40	[67.59,76.74]	55.20	[50.96,59.36]	61.48	[51.95,70.20]	56.32	[50.61,61.88]
Yes	37.71	[37.16,38.27]	27.60	[23.26,32.41]	44.80	[40.64,49.04]	38.52	[29.80,48.05]	43.68	[38.12,49.39]
MEN
Race/Ethnicity											32.52,	< .0001
White, NH	73.55	[72.94,74.15]	72.03	[67.79,75.91]	67.30	[61.69,72.45]	53.01	[40.59,65.07]	28.40	[23.12,34.34]
Black, NH	11.14	[10.71,11.59]	10.31	[7.70,13.68]	11.17	[7.85,15.64]	17.13	[9.30,29.43]	8.09	[5.08,12.65]
Hispanic	8.11	[7.68,8.55]	12.46	[9.58,16.05]	8.26	[5.52,12.18]	14.04	[8.34,22.66]	48.74	[41.58,55.96]
Other, NH	5.70	[5.39,6.03]	3.12	[1.92,5.01]	10.00	[6.93,14.23]	14.57	[6.40,29.83]	14.17	[10.48,18.89]
Multiracial, NH	1.50	[1.38,1.62]	2.08	[1.39,3.10]	3.28	[1.74,60.70]	1.25	[0.63,2.47]	0.60	[0.21,1.68]
Age											5.85	<. 0001
18–24	12.68	[12.18,13.19]	17.23	[14.03,20.99]	25.66	[20.88,31.10]	10.11	[4.35,21.77]	8.34	[5.10,13.33]
25–34	16.12	[15.61,16.65]	19.82	[16.42,23.73]	18.88	[14.99,23.50]	15.91	[7.25,31.43]	15.55	[10.71,22.02]
35–44	16.17	[15.70,16.65]	14.93	[12.26,18.05]	10.30	[7.42,14.13]	19.39	[10.24,33.63]	19.81	[14.27,26.82]
45–54	18.43	[17.98,18.89]	23.31	[20.17,26.78]	15.36	[12.01,19.44]	20.21	[13.13,29.80]	12.90	[9.51,17.28]
55–64	17.77	[17.37,18.18]	14.82	[12.53,17.45]	15.53	[12.21,19.56]	9.93	[6.10,15.77]	15.42	[10.78,21.57]
65+	18.82	[18.44,19.22]	9.89	[8.29,11.77]	14.26	[11.45,17.62]	24.45	[17.20,33.52]	27.99	[22.99,33.60]
Education											34.49,	< .0001
< High school	12.17	[11.67,12.69]	8.42	[5.87,11.95]	11.35	[7.98,15.90]	33.26	[22.41,46.22]	53.04	[46.24,59.73]
High school	32.25	[31.68,32.83]	21.61	[18.38,25.23]	34.36	[29.38,39.71]	35.83	[25.11,48.18]	25.42	[20.55,30.99]
Some college	28.64	[28.08,29.20]	31.38	[27.66,35.35]	30.98	[26.13,36.29]	15.27	[7.99,27.22]	12.73	[9.12,17.50]
≥ College	26.94	[26.47,27.42]	38.59	[34.90,42.41]	23.31	[19.73,27.32]	15.64	[10.06,23.51]	8.81	[6.33,12.14]
Relationship Status											39.57,	< .0001
Married	54.85	[54.23,55.47]	15.46	[12.97,18.32]	28.81	[24.38,33.70]	35.48	[25.37,47.08]	53.52	[46.51,60.39]
Divorced	10.00	[9.67,10.35]	3.96	[2.93,5.34]	9.43	[7.24,12.20]	10.02	[5.73,16.96]	8.64	[5.31,13.77]
Widowed	3.55	[3.38,3.72]	0.84	[0.47,1.50]	4.02	[2.58,62.20]	8.03	[4.41,14.17]	8.20	[5.76,11.55]
Separated	2.08	[1.90,2.27]	1.07	[0.61,1.88]	2.99	[1.51,58.60]	2.03	[0.43,9.00]	2.51	[1.08,5.70]
Never married	25.47	[24.88,26.08]	62.12	[58.27,65.83]	47.56	[42.24,52.94]	41.98	[29.75,55.29]	18.64	[13.49,25.19]
Coupled	4.05	[3.76,4.36]	16.54	[13.84,19.64]	7.18	[4.83,10.55]	2.46	[0.86,6.84]	8.49	[4.60,15.16]
Child in House											29.67,	< .0001
No	65.35	[64.74,65.96]	90.38	[87.42,92.70]	72.33	[66.79,77.26]	70.98	[59.26,80.44]	62.73	[55.58,69.37]
Yes	34.65	[34.04,35.26]	9.62	[7.30,12.58]	27.67	[22.74,33.21]	29.02	[19.56,40.74]	37.27	[30.63,44.42]