Table 1.
Sample characteristics in women, by self-reported sexual orientation: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2014
| Exclusively heterosexual women | Lesbian WSW | Bisexual WSW | Heterosexual WSW | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % (unweighted n) | X2 | P | ||||
| Total | 90.4 (6674) | 1.2 (88) | 3.4 (251) | 5.1 (366) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | 3.7 | <.001 | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 67.3 (2891) | 69.1 (42) | 70.3 (127) | 73.7 (201) | ||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 12.1 (1419) | 19.3 (28) | 16.7 (72) | 12.5 (84) | ||
| Hispanic | 14.2 (1800) | 7.6 (12) | 8.5 (35) | 8.1 (55) | ||
| Multiple races | 6.4 (564) | 4.1 (6) | 4.5 (17) | 5.7 (26) | ||
| Age | 10.9 | <.001 | ||||
| 20–25 | 13.3 (989) | 14.0 (20) | 36.4 (86) | 19.1 (71) | ||
| 26–35 | 23.0 (1671) | 18.1 (18) | 28.9 (84) | 24.1 (101) | ||
| 36–45 | 26.4 (1788) | 41.5 (26) | 16.7 (44) | 28.3 (95) | ||
| 46–59 | 37.3 (2226) | 26.4 (24) | 18.0 (37) | 28.5 (99) | ||
| Educational Level | 3.1 | 0.008 | ||||
| < High school | 33.2 (2652) | 24.4 (28) | 42.6 (112) | 26.9 (112) | ||
| Some college/AA degree | 34.9 (2288) | 33.7 (34) | 36.1 (97) | 43.8 (97) | ||
| College graduate or above | 31.9 (1734) | 41.9 (26) | 21.3 (42) | 29.3 (92) | ||
| % Federal Poverty Level | 3.4 | <.001 | ||||
| < 100% | 41.6 (2136) | 37.2 (26) | 25.2 (50) | 32.9 (97) | ||
| 100–199% | 14.1 (801) | 13.6 (10) | 10.1 (21) | 15.1 (42) | ||
| 200–299% | 13.3 (835) | 8.1 (8) | 13.8 (33) | 14.1 (53) | ||
| 300–399% | 16.8 (1493) | 23.8 (22) | 26.2 (72) | 22.6 (92) | ||
| > 400% | 14.2 (1409) | 17.3 (22) | 24.7 (75) | 15.3 (82) | ||
| Insurance Type | 5.3 | <.001 | ||||
| Private | 66.7 (3730) | 52.8 (35) | 49.0 (93) | 55.2 (173) | ||
| Medicare/Medigap | 1.3 (109) | 6.5 (6) | 0.21 (1) | 2.5 (10) | ||
| Medicaid | 6.8 (690) | 2.6 (4) | 11.9 (45) | 11.1 (66) | ||
| Other public | 6.7 (525) | 6.4 (5) | 6.9 (21) | 7.1 (23) | ||
| None | 18.5 (1620) | 31.7 (38) | 32.0 (91) | 24.2 (94) | ||
| Risky Drinker | 45.7 (2902) | 64.5 (57) | 66.8 (169) | 60.2 (219) | 22.0 | <.001 |
| Current Smoker | 20.4 (1341) | 41.6 (38) | 46.3 (129) | 37.3 (13) | 37.6 | <.001 |
X2 Likelihood ratio chi-squared; P = p-value