Table 2.
National Young Adult Health Survey demographic distribution (base weighted) benchmarked to the 2018 American Community Survey for 18- to 34-year-olds.
| Demographics and category | Census (ACSa) | Phone or mixed (unweighted N=700) | Web (unweighted N=131) | |
| Gender, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||
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Female | 49.1 | 288 (42.9) | 58 (45.4) |
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Male | 50.9 | 412 (57.1) | 73 (54.6) |
| Age (years), unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||
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18-24 | 40.4 | 309 (45.5) | 28 (22.0) |
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25-29 | 30.6 | 188 (26.4) | 49 (37.3) |
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30-34 | 29.0 | 203 (28.1) | 54 (40.7) |
| Race or ethnicity, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||
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Asian, non-Latino | 6.5 | 55 (8.6) | N/Ab |
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Black, non-Latino | 14.3 | 80 (11.8) | 11 (8.0) |
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Latino | 20.7 | 148 (21.2) | 20 (13.6) |
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Other, non-Latino | 4.1 | 44 (6.2) | N/A |
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White, non-Latino | 54.4 | 373 (52.2) | 90 (70.7) |
| Education, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||
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<HSc | 8.2 | 58 (8.1) | N/A |
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HS or GEDd | 29.3 | 146 (20.9) | 20 (15.3) |
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Some college | 7.6 | 257 (36.7) | 40 (30.4) |
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BAe or BSf | 55.0 | 239 (34.4) | 68 (51.8) |
| Currently enrolled in college, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||
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Yes | 23.8 | 269 (40.3) | 39 (30.8) |
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No | 76.2 | 431 (59.7) | 92 (69.2) |
aACS: American Community Survey.
bN/A: not applicable (does not meet National Center for Health Statistics Data Presentation Standards for Proportions).
cHS: high school.
dGED: General Educational Development.
eBA: Bachelor of Arts.
fBS: Bachelor of Science.