TABLE 2.

Distributions of Variables Used in the Sexual Minority Model for the Full Sample and by Initial Response to the Sexual Orientation Question: NHIS, 2013–2014 (Weighted Percentages)

		Initial Response to Sexual Orientation Question
Predictor	Full Sample (N = 69,270)	Heterosexual (n = 67,152)	Gay/Lesbian (n = 1149)	Bisexual (n = 515)	Something Else (n = 144)	Don’t Know (n = 310)
Age
18–24	12.7	12.6	15.7	29.9	30.9	13.0
25–54	52.3	52.1	62.5	56.7	36.4	48.3
55–74	27.3	27.4	19.6	*	*	27.3
75+	7.7	7.8	2.2	*	*	11.3
Female	51.8	51.7	45.3	71.5	49.1	56.7
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	15.2	15.2	14.5	10.4	10.9	25.6
Non-Hispanic white	65.9	65.9	67.4	69.7	59.5	49.0
Non-Hispanic other	18.9	18.9	18.1	19.8	29.5	25.4
Education
Less than high school degree	13.5	13.5	6.6	15.9	14.3	31.5
High school diploma/GED/missing	26.3	26.5	19.4	20.8	22.6	28.6
Greater than high school degree	60.2	60.0	74.0	63.3	63.1	39.9
Poverty status
< 100% FPL	12.8	12.7	12.1	21.6	29.0	23.5
> 100% FPL	80.2	80.4	84.2	72.4	*	63.1
Missing	7.0	6.9	32.7	6.1	*	13.4
MSA, central city	32.9	32.6	44.6	46.7	51.7	39.6

^*Suppressed to avoid disclosing an underlying count <10.

FPL indicates federal poverty level; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.