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Published in final edited form as: J Soc Pers Relat. 2017 Aug 24;36(1):244–268. doi: 10.1177/0265407517726183

Table 1.

Sample characteristics for total sample and split by sexual identity, racial/ethnic group, and relationship status - Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women (N = 665).

	Total (N = 665)		Sexual Identity (n = 665)					Relationship status (n = 665)

			Lesbian (n = 490)		Bisexual (n = 175)		χ² p	Cohabiting (n = 255)		Non cohabiting (n = 150)		Single (n= 260)		χ² p
	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%	n	%
Relationship status							22.411							-
Cohabiting	255	38.3	214	43.7	41	23.4	< .0001	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-cohabiting	150	22.6	102	20.8	48	27.4		-	-	-	-	-	-
Single	260	39.1	174	35.5	88	49.1		-	-	-	-	-	-
Race/ethnicity							0.856							25.368
White	249	37.4	189	39.8	60	35.9	0.652	126	50.6	44	17.7	79	31.7	< .0001
African American	238	35.8	172	36.2	66	39.5		69	29.0	63	26.5	106	44.5
Latina	155	23.3	114	24.0	41	24.6		54	34.8	38	24.5	63	40.6
Partner gender							109.503							1.023
Female	346	88.9	301	97.4	45	56.3	< .0001	229	90.9	117	85.4	-	-	0.100
Male	43	11.1	8	2.6	35	43.8		23	9.1	20	14.6	-	-
Age							34.672							26.178
≤ 30	219	32.9	138	28.2	81	46.7	< .0001	66	25.9	64	42.7	89	34.2	0.012
31–40 years	144	21.7	100	20.4	44	25.1		64	25.1	28	18.7	52	20.0
41–50 years	127	19.1	97	19.8	30	17.1		46	18.0	30	20.0	51	19.6
≥ 51 years	175	26.3	155	31.6	20	11.4		79	31.0	28	18.7	68	26.2
Education							15.158							128.743
< High School	52	7.8	29	5.9	23	13.1	0.001	9	3.5	21	14.0	22	8.5	< .0001
High School Graduate	84	12.6	56	11.4	28	16.0		24	9.4	21	14.0	39	15.0
Some College	207	31.1	153	31.2	54	30.9		68	26.7	51	34.0	88	33.8
Bachelors	139	20.9	105	21.4	34	19.4		58	22.7	28	18.7	53	20.4
Graduate/Professional	183	27.5	147	30.0	36	20.6		96	37.6	29	19.3	58	22.3
Employment							16.890							41.561
Full-time	333	50.2	261	53.4	72	41.1	< .0001	147	57.9	58	38.7	128	49.2	0.010
Part-time	113	17.0	84	17.2	29	16.6		43	16.9	30	20.0	40	15.4
Unemployed, looking	111	16.7	65	13.3	46	26.3		31	12.2	33	22.0	47	18.1
Unemployed, not looking	107	16.1	79	16.2	28	16.0		33	13.0	29	19.3	45	17.3
Income							42.268							69.180
< $20,000	208	32.6	126	26.87	82	49.1	< .0001	38	15.4	63	44.4	107	42.8	< .0001
$20,000–39,999	121	19.0	83	17.6	38	22.8		35	14.2	30	21.1	56	22.4
$40,000–74,999	151	23.7	122	25.9	29	17.4		57	23.2	32	21.8	63	25.2
≥ 75,000	158	24.3	140	29.7	18	10.8		116	47.2	18	12.7	24	9.6
Parental status							1.879							20.890
Children at home	132	19.9	91	18.6	41	23.4	0.357	64	25.1	26	17.3	42	16.2	0.028