Table 1.
Socio-demographics of 2014 BRFSS adults who reported a checkup in the last two years from eight US states stratified by sex, by sexual orientation
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | Gay (n=323) % |
Bisexual (n=198) % |
Heterosexual (n=18,925) % |
p | Lesbian (n=241) % |
Bisexual (n=382) % |
Heterosexual (n=27,731) % |
p |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 19.7 | 27.6 | 19.0 | .004 | 31.7 | 45.6 | 17.4 | <.001 |
| 30–44 | 20.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 26.0 | 24.6 | ||
| 45–64 | 52.0 | 30.0 | 36.8 | 33.9 | 19.5 | 35.0 | ||
| ≥65 | 7.7 | 32.7 | 20.4 | 12.5 | 8.9 | 23.0 | ||
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 76.6 | 68.7 | 72.9 | .228 | 78.9 | 67.4 | 72.4 | .050 |
| African American | 8.9 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 10.3 | ||
| Other | 1.8 | 17.7 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Multiracial | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 | ||
| Hispanic | 10.3 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 18.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| ≤High school diploma | 10.4 | 5.1 | 11.4 | .012 | 6.5 | 25.1 | 10.1 | .040 |
| High school diploma | 13.6 | 39.6 | 30.5 | 18.1 | 31.6 | 27.3 | ||
| Some college | 24.4 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 38.5 | 25.8 | 32.4 | ||
| <College degree | 51.6 | 25.1 | 28.3 | 36.9 | 17.5 | 30.2 | ||
| Partnership status | ||||||||
| Married/coupled | 47.4 | 38.8 | 60.5 | <.001 | 40.8 | 34.1 | 54.8 | <.001 |
| Formerly married | 3.6 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 9.3 | 17.8 | 23.5 | ||
| Never married | 49.0 | 43.6 | 24.2 | 49.9 | 48.1 | 21.7 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Employed | 71.0 | 36.6 | 61.3 | .017 | 62.4 | 43.3 | 54.5 | .014 |
| Unemployed | 5.1 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5.1 | ||
| Out of workforce | 13.6 | 17.9 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 42.2 | 23.2 | ||
| Retired | 10.3 | 36.9 | 22.0 | 14.3 | 7.6 | 19.2 | ||
| Veteran | 13.2 | 17.4 | 21.2 | .336 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | <.001 |
Note. Percentages are weighted.