Table 1.

Percent Distribution of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Care Factors in Relationship to Sexual Orientation Identity and Race/Ethnicity Among White, Black, and Latina U.S. Women 40–75 Years of age (N = 45,031)

Variable (%)	Total	White			Black			Latina
		Heterosexual	Bisexual	Lesbian	Heterosexual	Bisexual	Lesbian	Heterosexual	Bisexual	Lesbian
	N = 45,031	n = 31,442	n = 196	n = 497	n = 6542	n = 34	n = 79	n = 6143	n = 22	n = 76
Age (years)
40–49	26.3	23.6	40.1	29.1	29.4	44.3	40.8	37.8	75.6	40.8
50–59	30.5	30.3	33.4	40.8	32.0	30.1	24.4	29.0	19.4	39.8
60–69	30.0	31.6	20.5	23.6	28.3	22.8	26.9	23.0	5.0	16.7
70–75	13.2	14.5	6.1	6.5	10.2	2.8	7.9	10.1	0.0	2.7
Geographic region
Northeast	18.3	19.1	17.5	20.7	15.3	8.2	10.6	16.4	9.7	19.7
Midwest	23.3	27.0	26.6	21.1	16.7	23.0	28.1	7.7	11.5	9.8
South	38.7	34.7	29.4	31.4	61.5	62.1	45.5	39.2	25.4	32.7
West	19.7	19.2	26.5	26.9	6.5	6.6	15.8	36.7	53.5	37.8
U.S. born: yes	87.3	94.8	95.1	97.2	90.0	95.9	91.4	35.6	46.3	58.9
Marital status
Currently married	48.0	52.7	24.3	28.3	25.2	10.0	8.7	48.5	35.3	19.5
Not currently married	52.0	47.3	75.7	71.7	74.8	90.0	91.3	51.5	64.7	80.5
Educational attainment
<High school diploma	11.4	6.9	3.5	4.6	16.7	17.1	18.1	35.3	28.0	21.0
High school diploma or GED	24.8	24.9	16.3	14.0	26.8	38.9	17.4	22.9	26.0	19.9
Some college or associate's degree	31.5	32.1	35.0	26.0	33.8	27.3	39.3	25.2	27.9	33.7
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3	36.1	45.3	55.3	22.7	16.7	25.2	16.7	18.2	25.4
Working for pay: yes	52.9	53.2	69.2	64.0	51.1	45.6	49.6	50.9	56.7	61.7
Uninsured: yes	7.9	5.8	8.7	5.8	10.0	19.6	9.6	18.9	23.4	17.1
Has usual source of care: yes	93.8	94.5	91.1	92.5	94.6	89.5	92.0	88.7	82.4	88.7

All prevalence estimates account for the complex survey design and may not add to 100.0% due to rounding error.

GED, General Education Development.