TABLE 3.
Demographic characteristics of those who drank raw milk at least once in the past 12 months, frequently, and occasionally
| Characteristic | Category | No consumption | All drinkers | Frequent drinkers | Occasional drinkers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI)a | n | % (95% CI) | C | n | % (95% CI) | C b | n | % (95% CI) | C c | ||
| Raw milk consumption | 6,520 | 95.6 (94.8, 96.4) | 227 | 4.4 (3.6, 5.2) | 77 | 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) | 144 | 2.7 (2.1, 3.2) | ||||
| Age (yr) | 18–35 | 1,238 | 31.4 (29.6, 33.1) | 83 | 47.2 (37.9, 56.5) | 0.63 | 26 | 42.8 (26.8, 58.7) | 0.59 | 54 | 48.0 (36.9, 59.1) | 0.64 |
| 36–65 | 3,133 | 51.4 (49.6, 53.2) | 103 | 45.8 (36.6, 55) | 29 | 47.9 (31.6, 64.3) | 72 | 45.9 (34.9, 56.9) | ||||
| ≥66 | 1,786 | 17.2 (16.1, 18.3) | 29 | 7.0 (3.8, 10.2) | 15 | 9.3 (3.6, 15) | 14 | 6.1 (1.9, 10.2) | ||||
| Education | High school graduate or less | 1,841 | 39.7 (38, 41.5) | 57 | 38.4 (29, 47.8) | 0.52 | 21 | 46.6 (30.2, 62.9) | 0.51 | 33 | 31.2 (20.8, 41.5) | 0.55 |
| Some college or associate’s degree | 1,730 | 30.9 (29.3, 32.5) | 59 | 28.1 (20.1, 36) | 22 | 29.1 (15.7, 42.6) | 35 | 27.9 (17.8, 38.1) | ||||
| College graduate | 2,821 | 29.4 (28, 30.8) | 108 | 33.5 (25.6, 41.5) | 31 | 24.3 (13.6, 35) | 76 | 40.9 (30.2, 51.6) | ||||
| Gender | Male | 2,835 | 48.3 (46.5, 50) | 121 | 58.3 (49.5, 67.1) | 0.55 | 43 | 59.3 (44.2, 74.5) | 0.56 | 73 | 55.6 (44.6, 66.5) | 0.54 |
| Female | 3,640 | 51.7 (50, 53.5) | 104 | 41.7 (32.9, 50.5) | 33 | 40.7 (25.5, 55.8) | 70 | 44.4 (33.5, 55.4) | ||||
| Race, ethnicity | Non-Hispanic white | 4,357 | 66.6 (64.8, 68.3) | 156 | 69.6 (60.5, 78.6) | 0.53 | 56 | 81.3 (69.5, 93.1) | 0.55 | 99 | 66.4 (54.9, 77.8) | 0.54 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 672 | 11.6 (10.4, 12.8) | 11 | 7.1 (1.2, 13.1) | 3 | 2.8 (0, 6.3) | 6 | 5.8 (0, 11.7) | ||||
| Non-Hispanic other | 652 | 6.7 (5.9, 7.5) | 31 | 7.0 (4, 10) | 10 | 7.3 (2, 12.6) | 20 | 7.1 (3.3, 10.9) | ||||
| Hispanic | 689 | 15.2 (13.7, 16.6) | 23 | 16.3 (8.3, 24.3) | 5 | 8.6 (0, 19.2) | 16 | 20.8 (9.6, 32) | ||||
| Income | <$25,000 | 1,193 | 22.3 (20.8, 23.9) | 40 | 20.5 (13, 27.9) | 0.56d | 15 | 14.9 (5.2, 24.7) | 0.54d | 24 | 23.8 (13.4, 34.2) | 0.57d |
| $25,000–$49,999 | 1,374 | 25.9 (24.2, 27.5) | 32 | 15.5 (9.2, 21.8) | 13 | 20.1 (7.4, 32.7) | 19 | 12.8 (6.5, 19.1) | ||||
| $50,000–$99,999 | 1,647 | 29.9 (28.2, 31.7) | 71 | 35.6 (26.7, 44.5) | 26 | 40.4 (24.5, 56.4) | 44 | 32.7 (22.3, 43.1) | ||||
| ≥$100,000 | 1,305 | 21.8 (20.4, 23.3) | 57 | 28.4 (19.5, 37.3) | 15 | 24.5 (9.1, 40) | 41 | 30.7 (19.7, 41.6) | ||||
| Region | Northeast | 1,116 | 17.2 (15.9, 18.4) | 53 | 26.3 (18.1, 34.6) | 0.58 | 20 | 33.3 (17.4, 49.2) | 0.57 | 32 | 23.6 (14.4, 32.8) | 0.59 |
| Midwest | 1,464 | 22.4 (21, 23.8) | 48 | 18.7 (12.5, 24.9) | 13 | 14.4 (5.6, 23.2) | 33 | 21.3 (12.8, 29.7) | ||||
| South | 2,393 | 37.6 (35.9, 39.3) | 57 | 26.5 (18, 34.9) | 22 | 22.9 (10.3, 35.5) | 32 | 25.3 (15.2, 35.5) | ||||
| West | 1,535 | 22.8 (21.4, 24.3) | 68 | 28.5 (20.3, 36.7) | 21 | 29.4 (14.8, 43.9) | 47 | 29.8 (19.7, 39.9) | ||||
| Urbanicity | Rural | 1,037 | 16.9 (15.6, 18.2) | 53 | 25.2 (17.2, 33.2) | 0.54 | 19 | 33.8 (17.9, 49.7) | 0.54 | 34 | 21.4 (13.1, 29.8) | 0.54 |
| Urban | 5,268 | 83.1 (81.8, 84.4) | 170 | 74.8 (66.8, 82.8) | 57 | 66.2 (50.3, 82.1) | 108 | 78.6 (70.2, 86.9) | ||||
| Legal status of raw milk | Retail | 1,890 | 28.4 (26.8, 29.9) | 88 | 40.9 (31.9, 49.8) | 0.58 | 29 | 43.3 (27.6, 58.9) | 0.59 | 59 | 42.0 (31.0, 53.0) | 0.58 |
| On farm | 3,085 | 47.9 (46.1, 49.6) | 111 | 46.1 (37.1, 55.2) | 42 | 51.5 (35.9, 67.2) | 65 | 43.7 (33.0, 54.7) | ||||
| Sale not legal | 1,492 | 23.7 (22.2, 25.3) | 27 | 13.0 (6.4, 20.0) | 6 | 5.2 (0.3, 10.0) | 19 | 14.3 (6.5, 22.0) | ||||
a
Percentages weighted to the U.S. population.
b
Weekly or monthly raw milk drinkers versus respondents who did not consume raw milk in the past 12 months.
c
Yearly or less frequent raw milk drinkers versus respondents who did not consume raw milk in the past 12 months.
d
Calculated on imputed income.