Table 1.
Sample characteristics in women (18–59) by self-reported race and sexual orientation: NHIS 2013–2018 and NHANES 2005–2014.
| NHIS 2013–2018 |
NHANES 2004–2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black (n = 9509) |
White (n = 38087) |
Black (n = 1702) |
White (n = 3404) |
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| Heterosexual |
Sexual Minority |
P | Heterosexual |
Sexual Minority |
P | Heterosexual |
Sexual Minority |
P | Heterosexual |
Sexual Minority |
P | |
| Weighted % (unweighted N) | Weighted % (unweighted N) | Weighted % (unweighted N) | Weighted % (unweighted N) | |||||||||
| Sexual orientation | 96.43 (9174) | 3.57 (335) | 96.26 (36608) | 3.74 (1479) | 93.03 (1586) | 6.97 (116) | 94.48 (3199) | 5.52 (205) | ||||
| Age | <.001 | <.001 | ||||||||||
| 18–25 | 20.15 (1374) | 37.94 (103) | 17.00 (5034) | 27.58 (344) | 16.42 (263) | 30.79 (35) | <.001 | 13.12 (458) | 31.32 (64) | <.001 | ||
| 26–35 | 25.14 (2444) | 30.22 (114) | 22.66 (8725) | 29.42 (444) | 23.67 (355) | 36.00 (42) | 21.05 (776) | 23.18 (55) | ||||
| 36–45 | 22.95 (2090) | 19.08 (63) | 22.27 (8368) | 16.98 (279) | 25.87 (392) | 17.97 (20) | 25.61 (842) | 24.90 (50) | ||||
| 46–59 | 31.76 (3266) | 12.76 (55) | 38.07 (14481) | 26.02 (412) | 34.04 (576) | 15.24 (19) | 40.22 (1123) | 20.61 (36) | ||||
| Educational Level | 0.012 | 0.827 | 0.005 | 0.033 | ||||||||
| ≤ High school | 37.73 (3616) | 44.52 (148) | 25.99 (9217) | 25.42 (345) | 37.54 (600) | 42.21 (50) | 28.76 (1058) | 37.06 (86) | ||||
| Some college/AA | 38.21 (3500) | 40.21 (138) | 34.24 (12879) | 35.20 (512) | 41.21 (648) | 46.41 (54) | 35.02 (1132) | 35.86 (74) | ||||
| ≥ College graduate | 24.06 (2058) | 15.28 (49) | 39.77 (14512) | 39.38 (622) | 21.25 (338) | 11.39 (12) | 36.22 (1009) | 27.08 (45) | ||||
| Insurance Type | 0.006 | <.001 | 0.007 | <.001 | ||||||||
| None | 13.61 (1329) | 20.78 (69) | 8.91 (3556) | 12.99 (180) | 22.32 (344) | 37.23 (42) | 13.90 (562) | 28.18 (73) | ||||
| Private | 54.70 (4687) | 40.86 (129) | 76.29 (27028) | 68.40 (997) | 51.04 (802) | 35.76 (38) | 37.70 (2068) | 54.86 (90) | ||||
| Public | 31.69 (3158) | 38.36 (137) | 14.80 (6024) | 18.61 (302) | 26.65 (440) | 37.02 (36) | 12.40 (569) | 16.96 (42) | ||||
| Current Smoker | 13.79 (1549) | 24.71 (110) | <.001 | 18.63 (7377) | 24.77 (401) | <.001 | 19.68 (311) | 47.00 (54) | <.001 | 23.57 (907) | 41.68 (102) | <.001 |
| Food insecure* | 20.07 (2053) | 26.40 (97) | 0.059 | 8.63 (3659) | 16.12 (271) | <.001 | 21.66 (353) | 38.07 (43) | 0.009 | 9.85 (488) | 24.16 (66) | <.001 |
| Received SNAP | 33.76 (3401) | 46.24 (163) | 0.001 | 11.40 (4712) | 17.27 (269) | <.001 | 31.59 (512) | 50.55 (59) | <.001 | 11.59 (589) | 21.37 (63) | 0.005 |
P = adjusted Wald p-value *NHIS and NHANES use the same United States Department of Agriculture Food Insecurity module questions, but different timeframes. NHIS measures past 30-day food insecurity and NHANES measures past 12-month food insecurity.