Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of sexual minority and heterosexual women.
| N (weight prevalence %) | Sexual minority women (N = 464) |
Heterosexual women (N = 17,340) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| 18–39 | 263 (59.8%) | 5,618 (36.6%) | < 0.001 |
| 40–64 | 158 (32.4%) | 7,054 (42.5%) | |
| 65+ | 43 (7.8%) | 4,668 (20.9%) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 307 (67.6%) | 10,645 (65.2%) | 0.048 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 77 (16.0%) | 2,576 (12.6%) | |
| Hispanic | 56 (10.5%) | 2,944 (15.2%) | |
| Other | 24 (5.9%) | 1,175 (7.0%) | |
| Educational attainment | |||
| Below high school | 48 (9.5%) | 2,365 (12.1%) | 0.15 |
| High school or equivalent | 83 (19.4%) | 4,199 (23.9%) | |
| Some college | 161 (36.1%) | 5,606 (32.3%) | |
| College graduate or above | 172 (35.1%) | 5,096 (31.7%) | |
| Family income level | |||
| ≥200% federal poverty level | 247 (57.9%) | 9,661 (61.8%) | < 0.001 |
| ≥200% federal poverty level | 205 (39.9%) | 6,541 (31.1%) | |
| Missing | 12 (2.2%) | 1,138 (7.1%) | |
| Geographic region | |||
| Northeast | 78 (14.1%) | 2,925 (17.9%) | 0.47 |
| Midwest | 87 (22.4%) | 3,568 (21.8%) | |
| South | 167 (38.5%) | 6,179 (38.1%) | |
| West | 132 (25.0%) | 4,668 (22.2%) | |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never smoker a | 238 (55.8%) | 11,429 (67.7%) | 0.001 |
| Former smoker | 111 (19.8%) | 2,436 (13.4%) | |
| Current smoker | 114 (24.4%) | 3,450 (18.9%) | |
| Heavy alcohol use b | 176 (35.3%) | 2,887 (17.1%) | < 0.001 |
| Body mass index | |||
| Underweight / Normal | 159 (36.4%) | 6,631 (42.2%) | 0.003 |
| Overweight | 118 (23.4%) | 4,826 (28.5%) | |
| Obese | 179 (40.2%) | 5,173 (29.3%) | |
| Has health insurance | 411 (89.9%) | 15,692 (90.5%) | 0.70 |
| Personal history of skin cancer | 11 (2.2%) | 496 (2.7%) | 0.54 |
| Family history of skin cancer | 41 (9.4%) | 1,346 (7.6%) | 0.36 |
a
Defined as smoking fewer than 100 cigarettes in lifetime
b
Defined as reporting any day with 5+ drinks in the past year