Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics by Gender and Transgender, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Status, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016

	Men	Women	P-value	Transgender	Not Transgender	P-value	Gay/Bisexual Men	Heterosexual Men	P-value	Lesbian/Bisexual Women	Heterosexual Women	P-value
Sex	--	--				0.240	100	100	--	--	--	--
Men				55.7	46.8		--	--		100	100
Women				44.3	53.1
Age			<0.001			0.672			<0.001			<0.001
45–59	13.6	13.1		11.2	13.3		19.4	13.6		25.0	12.8
60–69	49.9	46.8		41.1	48.3		59.5	49.7		52.8	46.8
70–79	22.8	22.7		28.7	22.8		13.9	23.1		15.9	23.0
80+	13.7	17.4		18.9	15.6		7.3	13.6		6.4	17.3
Race/ Ethnicity			0.737			0.222			0.009			0.118
White, NH	85.1	85.4		81.7	85.3		85.1	85.9		86.7	86.1
Black, NH	5.5	5.7		10.2	5.6		4.2	5.5		2.1	5.7
Other, NH	5.4	4.9		7.6	5.1		3.2	5.3		5.6	4.8
Hispanic	4.0	4.0		0.5	4.0		7.5	3.4		5.6	3.4
Income			<0.001			0.004			0.037			0.030
<$15,000	7.5	10.9		22.8	9.2		12.3	7.2		10.4	10.6
$15,000–<$50,000	35.6	39.6		49.4	37.6		31.5	35.3		38.8	39.4
≥$50,000	56.9	49.4		27.8	53.2		56.2	57.5		50.8	50.1
Education			0.032			0.043			0.158			0.010
<HS Graduate	12.5	11.2		19.5	11.7		9.7	12.0		15.7	10.4
HS Graduate	29.7	29.1		41.1	29.3		24.3	30.0		15.8	29.3
>HS Graduate	57.7	60.0		39.5	59.0		65.9	58.1		68.5	60.3
Employment			<0.001			0.534			0.014			<0.001
Employed	51.3	42.0		40.9	46.4		52.9	51.4		57.4	41.9
Unemployed	14.1	22.9		25.4	18.7		19.9	13.7		21.0	22.7
Retired	34.6	35.1		33.8	34.9		27.2	34.9		21.6	35.4
Marital Status			<0.001			0.209			<0.001			0.898
Married/Couple	67.6	58.5		53.2	62.8		44.5	68.3		59.4	58.9
Not married	32.4	41.5		46.8	37.2		55.5	31.7		40.6	41.1
Depression			<0.001			0.030			<0.001			<0.001
Yes	14.9	25.1		33.2	20.3		34.8	14.4		48.7	24.7
No	85.1	74.9		66.8	79.7		65.2	85.6		51.3	75.3
Diabetes			<0.001			0.157			0.119			0.359
Yes	18.4	15.2		24.7	83.3		22.6	18.1		13.0	15.3
No	81.6	84.8		75.3	16.7		77.4	81.9		87.0	84.7

Bolded p values are statistically significant at p<0.05.

Abbreviations: HS: High school; NH: Non-Hispanic