Table 2.
Sexual identity differences for demographics characteristics, smoking status, healthcare utilization, and multimorbidity among men, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2014–2018 (N=311,542)
| Demographic characteristics | Heterosexual (n=299,719) |
Gay (n=6,670) |
Heterosexual vs. Gay p-value |
Bisexual (n=3,957) |
Heterosexual vs. Bisexual p-value |
“Other” sexual identity (n = 1,196) |
Heterosexual vs. “Other” sexual identity p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age categories (weighted %) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.05 | ||||
| 18–29 | 16.2% | 25.2% | 36.1% | 18.8% | |||
| 30–39 | 16.6% | 17.8% | 16.5% | 17.7% | |||
| 40–49 | 17.3% | 16.1% | 11.9% | 17.0% | |||
| 50–59 | 20.0% | 21.5% | 15.1% | 15.8% | |||
| 60–69 | 17.1% | 13.8% | 12.1% | 14.9% | |||
| 70–79 | 9.2% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 9.1% | |||
| 80 and over | 3.6% | 1.4% | 3.0% | 6.7% | |||
| Race/ethnicity (weighted %) | 0.11 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 68.9% | 66.7% | 61.9% | 46.0% | |||
| Black | 10.8% | 10.2% | 12.7% | 10.4% | |||
| Latino | 12.9% | 15.0% | 14.8% | 33.5% | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.9% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 6.7% | |||
| Other race | 2.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.4% | |||
| Income (weighted %) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| <$15,000 | 7.0% | 10.8% | 11.7% | 15.0% | |||
| $15,000–24,999 | 13.2% | 14.2% | 18.8% | 29.7% | |||
| $25,000–34,999 | 9.3% | 7.8% | 12.4% | 16.1% | |||
| $35,000–49,999 | 13.7% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 11.9% | |||
| ≥ $50,000 | 56.8% | 53.2% | 42.8% | 27.3% | |||
| Education (weighted %) | <0.001 | 0.04 | <0.001 | ||||
| Did not graduate high school | 11.1% | 6.5% | 12.4% | 33.8% | |||
| Graduated high school | 29.4% | 20.2% | 27.5% | 28.8% | |||
| Attended college/technical college | 30.4% | 31.8% | 33.7% | 19.7% | |||
| Graduated college/technical college | 29.1% | 41.5% | 26.4% | 16.7% | |||
| Relationship status (weighted %) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Married/partnered | 62.3% | 34.8% | 38.2% | 48.5% | |||
| Divorced/separated | 12.5% | 6.7% | 10.9% | 11.1% | |||
| Widowed | 3.6% | 1.8% | 3.5% | 6.1% | |||
| Single | 21.6% | 56.7% | 47.4% | 34.1% | |||
| Employment status (weighted %) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Employed or self-employed | 66.4% | 67.5% | 59.8% | 59.8% | |||
| Unemployed | 4.8% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 6.4% | |||
| Homemaker | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| Student | 3.8% | 5.9% | 10.7% | 3.5% | |||
| Retired | 19.0% | 11.9% | 13.4% | 18.7% | |||
| Unable to work | 5.6% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 11.0% | |||
| Smoking status | |||||||
| Smoking status (weighted %) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.36 | ||||
| Current smoker | 17.5% | 24.8% | 24.6% | 20.1% | |||
| Former smoker | 30.2% | 23.4% | 23.7% | 26.9% | |||
| Never smoker | 52.3% | 51.8% | 51.7% | 53.0% | |||
| Healthcare access and utilization | |||||||
| Healthcare coverage (weighted %) | 89.7% | 90.0% | 0.77 | 87.0% | <0.01 | 81.9% | <0.001 |
| Healthcare delayed due to costs in past year (weighted %) | 10.0% | 11.8% | 0.02 | 15.7% | <0.001 | 17.4% | <0.001 |
| Routine check-up within past year (weighted %) | 70.8% | 75.1% | <0.001 | 67.3% | 0.02 | 69.2% | 0.63 |
| Multimorbidity | |||||||
| Multimorbidity (weighted %) | 0.33 | <0.01 | 0.76 | ||||
| No chronic diseases | 31.5% | 33.2% | 26.9% | 35.6% | |||
| 1 chronic disease | 28.2% | 28.0% | 28.6% | 28.0% | |||
| Multimorbidity | 40.3% | 38.8% | 44.5% | 38.4% |
Note. “Other” sexual identity refers to men who did not identify as gay, bisexual, or heterosexual. Boldface denotes statistical significance defined as p <0.01. Reference group = Heterosexual men.