Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 168), stratified by HMS donor/recipient status

	Recipients (n = 70)		Donors (n = 98)		Total (n = 168)
Sociodemographic characteristic	N	%	N	%	N	%
Current age*
18–34 years	33	48.6	62	67.4	95	59.4
35–44 years	34	50.0	30	32.6	64	40.0
45–54 years	1	1.5	0	0.0	1	0.6
Self‐identified gender
Woman	70	100.0	91	98.9	161	99.4
Racial/ethnic background
White	61	88.4	77	83.7	138	85.2
Black	0	0.0	3	3.3	3	1.9
Asian	4	5.8	7	7.6	11	6.8
Latino/Hispanic	2	2.9	3	3.3	5	3.1
Multiethnic or other	2	2.9	2	2.2	4	2.5
Marital status
Single/never married	2	2.9	2	2.2	4	2.5
Married/domestic partnership	68	97.1	90	97.8	158	97.5
Partner's gender identity
Man	62	88.6	87	94.6	149	92.0
Woman	5	7.1	2	2.2	7	4.3
Nonbinary	1	1.4	1	1.1	2	1.2
Highest level of education completed
Associate's degree/some college	5	7.1	4	4.3	9	5.6
Bachelor's degree	22	31.4	27	29.3	49	30.2
Master's degree	34	48.6	48	52.2	82	50.6
Doctoral‐level degree	9	12.9	13	14.1	22	13.6
Current employment status
Unemployed—full‐time parent	11	15.7	15	16.3	29	17.9
On parental leave	4	5.7	2	2.2	6	3.7
Employed part‐time	12	17.1	9	9.8	21	13.0
Employed full‐time	43	61.4	65	70.7	108	66.7
Estimated annual household income
<$49,999	4	5.7	2	2.2	6	3.7
$50,000–$99,999	12	17.1	11	12.0	23	14.2
$100,000–$149,999	17	24.3	21	22.8	38	23.5
$150,000–$199,999	11	15.7	21	22.8	32	19.8
$200,000–$299,999	15	21.4	28	30.4	43	26.5
$300,000 or more	11	15.7	9	9.8	20	12.3

Abbreviation: HMS, human milk sharing.

^* p < 0.05.