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. 2020 Aug 22;12:100655. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100655

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
Black (n = 9509)
White (n = 38087)
Black (n = 1702)
White (n = 3404)
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.