Table 2.
Age-Standardized Percentage Distribution of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Care Factors in Relation to Sexual Orientation Identity and Race/Ethnicity Among U.S. Men Aged 18–64 Years (N = 52,201)
| Variable (%) | Total | White heterosexual (n = 32,685) | Black heterosexual (n = 6011) | Latino heterosexual (n = 8733) | Asian heterosexual (n = 3168) | White bisexual (n = 243) | Black bisexual (n = 36) | Latino bisexual (n = 60) | Asian bisexual (n = 18) | White gay (n = 859) | Black gay (n = 130) | Latino gay (n = 208) | Asian gay (n = 50) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 18–29 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 26.0 | 29.1 | 28.4 | 47.1 | 31.9 | 37.6 | 31.8 | 23.7 | 37.6 | 31.7 | 50.2 |
| 30–39 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 27.1 | 26.3 | 14.9 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 31.9 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 28.9 |
| 40–49 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 25.2 | 11.4 |
| 50–64 | 33.2 | 36.9 | 32.9 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 27.5 | 23.3 | 22.1 | 25.8 | 36.2 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 9.4 |
| U.S.-born: yes | 82.0 | 94.7 | 85.0 | 42.7 | 24.0 | 97.3 | 82.7 | 45.9 | 37.2 | 95.6 | 96.5 | 53.6 | 52.5 |
| Geographic region | |||||||||||||
| Northeast | 16.7 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 20.6 | 15.7 | 23.8 | 13.0 | 41.2 | 17.6 | 23.8 | 18.6 | 17.4 |
| Midwest | 24.3 | 29.5 | 19.3 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 29.5 | 31.6 | 19.9 | 6.2 | 22.6 | 15.5 | 8.4 | 4.9 |
| South | 36.0 | 32.7 | 57.8 | 38.3 | 24.7 | 26.2 | 39.3 | 38.8 | 18.2 | 32.5 | 48.8 | 35.6 | 18.6 |
| West | 22.9 | 20.4 | 8.2 | 37.8 | 41.1 | 28.6 | 5.4 | 28.3 | 34.5 | 27.3 | 11.9 | 37.5 | 59.1 |
| Relationship status | |||||||||||||
| Never married | 32.7 | 31.2 | 40.4 | 27.8 | 32.7 | 53.6 | 63.5 | 45.5 | 30.8 | 59.3 | 73.5 | 53.1 | 83.6 |
| Married | 44.8 | 46.3 | 32.0 | 49.4 | 57.1 | 19.1 | 16.4 | 18.9 | 50.4 | 15.7 | 8.6 | 17.5 | 15.9 |
| Living with a partner | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 8.5 | 18.1 | 0.6 |
| Divorced, widowed, or separated | 14.9 | 15.3 | 19.2 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 19.4 | 10.2 | 28.0 | 18.8 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| Educational attainment | |||||||||||||
| Less than high school degree | 11.0 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 30.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 1.2 |
| High school diploma or GED | 24.9 | 24.1 | 33.5 | 27.4 | 12.3 | 17.6 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 3.7 | 13.8 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 9.6 |
| Some college or associate's degree | 31.3 | 33.1 | 32.3 | 26.4 | 20.4 | 39.6 | 26.2 | 29.2 | 21.2 | 30.4 | 38.6 | 31.1 | 13.7 |
| Bachelor's degree or more | 32.8 | 35.7 | 21.9 | 15.6 | 60.9 | 36.7 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 75.1 | 52.9 | 26.7 | 38.3 | 75.5 |
| Working for pay: yes | 77.4 | 78.5 | 68.2 | 79.6 | 79.5 | 72.3 | 44.9 | 74.2 | 81.9 | 76.2 | 63.0 | 80.0 | 86.9 |
| Uninsured: yes | 15.7 | 11.7 | 20.2 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 30.2 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 6.3 |
| Has usual place of care: yes | 78.4 | 80.2 | 78.7 | 69.6 | 78.1 | 78.9 | 79.4 | 71.2 | 98.6 | 86.3 | 83.4 | 80.6 | 84.6 |
| No. of health care visits in the past year | |||||||||||||
| None | 27.6 | 25.3 | 29.4 | 37.5 | 29.0 | 24.1 | 25.7 | 24.0 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 16.5 |
| 1–5 | 57.5 | 58.9 | 56.9 | 51.1 | 62.1 | 49.4 | 54.7 | 46.1 | 77.7 | 60.8 | 65.5 | 49.8 | 75.5 |
| 6–12 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 23.0 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 20.3 | 3.7 |
| 13 or more | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 11.5 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 4.3 |
All prevalence estimates (%) account for the complex survey design and may not add to 100.0% due to rounding error. Distributions of all covariates other than age are age-standardized based on the 2010 U.S. Census.