TABLE 4.

Associations between demographic characteristics of adults (≥18 years) and consumption of raw (unpasteurized) milk in the past 12 months^a

Characteristic	Comparison		Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P
	Category 1	Category 2
Age (yr)	18–35	36–65	1.8 (1.2, 2.8)	<0.01
	18–35	≥66	3.7 (2, 6.6)	<0.001
	36–5	≥66	2.0 (1.2, 3.5)	<0.05
Education	High school graduate or less	Some college or associate’s degree	1.2 (0.7, 1.9)
	High school graduate or less	College graduate	1.0 (0.6, 1.8)
	Some college or associate’s degree	College graduate	0.9 (0.5, 1.5)
Gender	Male	Female	1.4 (0.9, 2)
Race ethnicity	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic Black	1.3 (0.5, 3.1)
	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic other	1.1 (0.6, 1.8)
	Non-Hispanic white	Hispanic	1.0 (0.5, 2)
	Non-Hispanic other	Non-Hispanic Black	1.2 (0.4, 3.2)
	Non-Hispanic other	Hispanic	0.9 (0.4, 2)
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic Black	1.3 (0.4, 3.8)
Income (imputed)	<$25,000	$25,000–$49,999	1.7 (0.8, 3.5)
	<$25,000	$50,000–$99,999	0.9 (0.4, 1.8)
	<$25,000	>$100,000	0.9 (0.4, 1.8)
	$25,000–$49,999	$50,000–$99,999	0.5 (0.3, 0.9)	<0.05
	$25,000–$49,999	>$100,000	0.5 (0.3, 1)	<0.05
	≥$100,000	$50,000–$99,999	1.0 (0.6, 1.8)
Region	Northeast	Midwest	1.8 (1, 3.2)
	Midwest	South	1.1 (0.6, 1.8)
	Midwest	West	0.9 (0.4, 1.7)
	Northeast	South	1.9 (1.1, 3.3)	<0.05
	South	West	0.8 (0.4, 1.5)
	Northeast	West	1.5 (0.9, 2.6)
Urbanicity	Rural	Urban	1.7 (1.1, 2.8)	<0.05
Legal status of raw milk	Retail	Sale not legal	2.0 (1.1, 3.9)	<0.05
	On farm	Sale not legal	1.5 (0.8, 2.7)
	Retail	On farm	1.4 (0.8, 2.3)

^aNational U.S. population estimates, combined 2016 FSS and 2019 FSANS data.