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. 2022 Dec 21;17(12):e0279363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279363

Table 2. Victimization characteristics of violent hate crime, LGBT versus non-LGBT, United States, National Crime Victimization Survey 2017–2019.

LGBT Non-LGBT Difference OR (95%CI)
% (SE) % (SE) % (SE) (ref. Non-LGBT)
Victim Characteristics
Current Gender
  Man 29.3 (10.3) 54.1 (6.5) -24.8 (12.3) 0.35 (0.11, 1.1)
  Woman 61.2 (12.4) 45.9 (6.5) 15.2 (14.0) 1.85 (0.58, 5.9)
  Non-binary 3.9 (2.9)
 Person of color 29.1 (10.5) 43.7 (6.6) -14.6 (12.0) 0.53 (0.17, 1.6)
 Below 35 years old 73.2 (9.7) 38.2 (5.9) 34.9 (10.5) 4.4 (1.6, 12.3)
 Annual income < $25,000 29.8 (10.6) 30.9 (5.4) -1.1 (12.0) 0.95 (0.31, 2.9)
Location of Incident
 At or near victim’s home 54.6 (13.9) 30.4 (6.2) 24.2 (15.3) 2.8 (0.78, 9.7)
 In public space 22.8 (8.9) 34.2 (5.2) -11.4 (10.3) 0.57 (0.19, 1.7)
Victim-Offender Relationship
 Well-known 49.1 (14.9) 10.7 (3.7) 38.4 (15.4) 8.1 (2.0, 33.2)
 Stranger 36.7 (11.9) 70.2 (4.4) -32.4 (13.2) 0.25 (0.08, 0.78)
Urbanicity of Victim’s Residence
 Urban 26.1 (9.1) 46.2 (5.9) -20.1 (10.4) 0.41 (0.15, 1.13)
 Suburban 65.9 (11.2) 47.3 (6.0) 18.7 (12.6) 2.2 (0.73, 6.4)
 Rural 8.0 (5.5) 6.5 (2.7) 1.5 (6.0) 1.2 (0.23, 6.7)
Offender Characteristics
Offender Sex
  Male(s) 74.3 (17.8) 70.0 (5.9) 4.4 (18.5) 1.2 (0.18, 8.4)
  Female(s) 24.0 (18.0) 20.1 (4.6) 3.9 (18.5) 1.3 (0.17, 9.52)
  Male(s) and female(s) 1.6 (1.7) 9.9 (4.6) -8.3 (4.9) 0.15 (0.01, 1.5)
 One offender 85.6 (6.7) 77.4 (4.7) 8.3 (8.7) 1.7 (0.49, 6.2)
 White 87.5 (6.3) 54.4 (7.6) 33.1 (10.0) 5.9 (1.6, 21.9)
 30 years old or older 62.5 (15.4) 60.2 (6.5) 2.3 (17.2) 1.1 (0.26, 4.7)

Note: None of the percentages should sum to 100 except for urbanicity of incident due to excluded categories that are not reported. Bold differences and odds ratios are statistically significant at p < .05.