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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Nov 7;170:82–92. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.10.038

Table 2.

Prevalences and Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs)a,b of Sexual Orientation by Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Men and Women.

Sociodemographic Characteristic Men
 Women
Gay
 Bisexual
 Not Sure
 Lesbian
 Bisexual
 Not Sure
% (SE) AOR (95% CI) % (SE) AOR (95% CI) % (SE) AOR (95% CI) % (SE) AOR (95% CI) % (SE) AOR (CI) % (SE) AOR (CI)
Total 1.8(0.13) – 0.8(0.08) – 0.4(0.05) – 1.2(0.09) – 1.8(0.12) – 0.6(0.07) –
Race/ethnicity
White 2.0(0.17) 1.0 (reference) 0.8(0.11) 1.0 (reference) 0.3(0.06) 1.0 (reference) 1.1(0.11) 1.0 (reference) 1.8(0.16) 1.0 (reference) 0.6(0.09) 1.0 (reference)
Black 1.6(0.25) 0.6(0.40–0.84) 0.8(0.29) 0.7(0.32–1.63) 0.3(0.09) 0.5(0.23–1.23) 1.6(0.26) 1.1(0.73–1.65) 2.6(0.30) 0.8(0.60–1.15) 0.7(0.14) 0.7(0.42–1.30)
Native American 0.8(0.63) 0.4(0.07–1.72) 0.5(0.29) 0.5(0.13–1.56) 0.3(0.30) 0.6(0.07–4.57) 1.7(0.83) 1.5(0.52–4.52) 4.0(1.39) 1.7(0.83–3.67) 1.1(0.85) 1.6(0.34–7.36)
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.0(0.36) 0.4(0.18–0.82) 0.8(0.37) 0.8(0.29–2.32) 0.8(0.44) 2.6(0.72–9.35) 0.4(0.17) 0.2(0.08–0.60) 0.5(0.21) 0.2(0.07–0.45) 0.7(0.27) 0.8(0.32–2.15)
Hispanic 1.4(0.24) 0.7(0.46–0.92) 0.8(0.17) 0.7(0.41–1.26) 0.6(0.11) 1.8(1.07–3.14) 1.7(0.27) 1.3(0.88–1.87) 1.7(0.22) 0.5(0.40–0.75) 0.5(0.14) 0.5(0.25–1.03)
Age, y
18–29 2.1(0.24) 0.4(0.21–0.72) 1.3(0.21) 2.3(0.91–6.04) 0.5(0.12) 0.4(0.11–1.56) 2.0(0.23) 1.8(0.84–4.08) 5.0(0.45) 24.0(10.69–53.73) 1.1(0.24) 1.3(0.54–2.96)
30–44 2.0(0.29) 1.0(0.56–1.88) 0.9(0.23) 3.2(1.25–8.15) 0.3(0.10) 0.7(0.19–2.32) 1.1(0.19) 1.7(0.71–3.85) 2.0(0.23) 12.8(5.86–28.08) 0.5(0.12) 1.0(0.44–2.06)
45–64 1.8(0.21) 1.4(0.79–2.50) 0.6(0.11) 2.2(1.01–4.99) 0.5(0.11) 1.5(0.59–3.57) 1.1(0.14) 1.9(0.87–4.28) 0.7(0.11) 4.7(2.06–10.52) 0.4(0.09) 0.8(0.38–1.63)
≥65 0.9(0.24) 1.0 (reference) 0.3(0.10) 1.0 (reference) 0.3(0.11) 1.0 (reference) 0.5(0.17) 1.0 (reference) 0.2(0.08) 1.0 (reference) 0.6(0.15) 1.0 (reference)
Marital status
Married/cohabiting 0.8(0.12) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.09) 1.0 (reference) 0.2(0.07) 1.0 (reference) 0.8(0.11) 1.0 (reference) 1.1(0.13) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.06) 1.0 (reference)
Widowed/divorced/separated 0.9(0.23) 1.2(0.65–2.27) 1.1(0.23) 2.5(1.44–4.30) 0.3(0.09) 1.1(0.46–2.80) 0.8(0.15) 1.2(0.68–2.00) 1.2(0.19) 1.6(1.02–2.38) 0.5(0.11) 1.0(0.60–1.83)
Never married 4.8(0.37) 11.9(7.33–19.37) 1.6(0.19) 3.2(1.66–6.02) 0.9(0.14) 5.1(1.78–14.7) 2.8(0.28) 3.7(2.44–5.60) 4.8(0.44) 2.0(1.42–2.90) 1.3(0.24) 2.5(1.37–4.64)
Education
Less than high school 0.8(0.20) 0.4(0.22–0.64) 1.0(0.24) 0.9(0.50–1.63) 0.7(0.23) 1.2(0.50–2.99) 0.5(0.15) 0.4(0.25–0.81) 2.1(0.35) 1.3(0.94–1.84) 1.1(0.24) 2.3(1.30–4.20)
High school 1.3(0.19) 0.6(0.39–0.79) 0.6(0.15) 0.6(0.36–0.94) 0.4(0.11) 0.8(0.40–1.71) 1.2(0.21) 1.0(0.68–1.43) 2.0(0.22) 1.2(0.88–1.55) 0.7(0.17) 1.7(0.97–2.89)
Some college or higher 2.2(0.19) 1.0 (reference) 0.9(0.11) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.07) 1.0 (reference) 1.3(0.12) 1.0 (reference) 1.7(0.15) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.07) 1.0 (reference)
Family income, $
0–19,999 2.3(0.28) 1.1(0.67–1.78) 1.4(0.25) 3.0(1.50–5.90) 1.0(0.24) 2.8(0.98–8.18) 1.3(0.19) 0.8(0.53–1.22) 3.1(0.28) 2.0(1.20–3.18) 1.2(0.18) 2.2(1.14–4.30)
20,000–34,999 1.8(0.29) 1.0(0.60–1.70) 1.2(0.23) 2.9(1.35–6.13) 0.3(0.09) 1.1(0.47–2.44) 0.9(0.14) 0.6(0.41–0.92) 1.8(0.24) 1.4(0.82–2.35) 0.4(0.09) 0.8(0.38–1.78)
35,000–69,999 1.8(0.22) 1.1(0.69–1.67) 0.7(0.15) 1.8(0.86–3.88) 0.2(0.08) 0.8(0.32–2.10) 1.3(0.22) 1.0(0.63–1.44) 1.5(0.21) 1.2(0.71–1.98) 0.4(0.10) 0.9(0.40–1.93)
≥70000 1.5(0.24) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.10) 1.0 (reference) 0.2(0.07) 1.0 (reference) 1.2(0.16) 1.0 (reference) 1.1(0.19) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.09) 1.0 (reference)
Urbanicity
Urban 2.0(0.16) 1.5(0.85–2.54) 0.9(0.09) 1.1(0.47–2.70) 0.4(0.06) 1.1(0.52–2.28) 1.4(0.11) 2.0(1.07–3.59) 2.0(0.14) 1.5(1.01–2.22) 0.7(0.08) 1.8(0.86–3.80)
Rural 1.1(0.24) 1.0 (reference) 0.6(0.24) 1.0 (reference) 0.3(0.09) 1.0 (reference) 0.5(0.17) 1.0 (reference) 1.2(0.22) 1.0 (reference) 0.3(0.11) 1.0 (reference)
Region
Northeast 2.7(0.35) 1.2(0.79–1.85) 1.0(0.25) 1.2(0.65–2.22) 0.4(0.16) 1.1(0.51–2.55) 1.5(0.28) 0.9(0.58–1.54) 2.1(0.28) 1.1(0.70–1.62) 0.6(0.12) 0.7(0.34–1.29)
Midwest 1.3(0.23) 0.6(0.38–1.01) 0.8(0.15) 0.9(0.54–1.64) 0.6(0.11) 1.8(1.04–3.04) 0.8(0.14) 0.6(0.36–0.92) 2.0(0.29) 0.9(0.60–1.42) 0.5(0.09) 0.5(0.27–1.01)
South 1.5(0.15) 0.8(0.54–1.19) 0.7(0.14) 0.7(0.41–1.34) 0.3(0.09) 0.9(0.39–1.93) 1.1(0.14) 0.8(0.51–1.13) 1.7(0.20) 0.8(0.54–1.15) 0.5(0.11) 0.6(0.32–1.25)
West 2.0(0.34) 1.0 (reference) 0.9(0.16) 1.0 (reference) 0.4(0.06) 1.0 (reference) 1.5(0.20) 1.0 (reference) 1.9(0.26) 1.0 (reference) 0.8(0.19) 1.0 (reference)
a

Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.

b

Significant (p < 0.05) odds ratios appear in bold font.