Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Study Sample and by Sexual and Gender Minority Status and Reports of Subjective Cognitive Decline, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016

	Overall N=36,734 aWN=10,288,453 Weighted %	SGM N=1,094 aWN=321,194	Non-SGM N=35,640 aWN=9,967,260	P-value	SCD 3,749 aWN=1,081,175	No SCD N=32,985 aWN=9,207,278 Weighted %	P-value
Sex				0.192			0.068
Men	47.0	49.9	53.2		49.1	46.7
Women	53.0	50.1	46.8		50.9	53.3
Age				<0.001			<0.001
45–59	13.3	19.5	13.1		12.5	13.4
60–69	48.2	54.7	48.0		49.4	48.1
70–79	22.8	15.5	23.0		19.3	23.2
80+	15.6	10.3	15.8		18.8	15.3
Race/ Ethnicity				<0.001			0.036
White, NH	85.3	83.3	85.3		84.1	85.4
Black, NH	5.6	3.7	5.7		4.7	5.7
Other, NH	5.1	4.6	5.2		6.4	5.0
Hispanic	4.0	8.4	3.8		4.8	3.9
Income				0.111			<0.001
<$15,000	9.3	11.9	9.2		20.3	8.0
$15,000–<$50,000	37.6	38.9	37.6		46.6	36.6
≥$50,000	53.1	49.1	53.2		33.1	55.4
Education				0.002			<0.001
<HS Graduate	11.8	16.5	11.6		20.3	10.8
HS Graduate	29.4	21.9	29.6		29.7	29.3
>HS Graduate	58.8	61.6	58.7		50.0	59.9
Employment				<0.001			<0.001
Employed	46.3	51.9	46.2		26.4	48.7
Unemployed	18.8	22.3	18.7		39.9	16.3
Retired	34.9	25.8	35.2		33.7	35.0
Marital Status				<0.001			<0.001
Married/Couple	56.6	52.7	63.1		53.1	63.9
Not married	43.4	47.3	36.9		46.9	36.1
Depression				<0.001			<0.001
Yes	20.3	38.9	19.7		51.7	16.6
No	79.7	61.1	80.3		48.3	83.4
Diabetes				0.594			<0.001
Yes	16.7	17.6	16.7		23.0	16.0
No	83.3	82.4	83.3		77.0	84.0

Bolded p-values are statistically significant at p<0.05.

^aWeighted N

Abbreviations: HS: High school; NH: Non-Hispanic; SCD: Subjective cognitive decline; SGM: Sexual and gender minority