Queer News

Kobi · 07-15-2014, 02:05 PM

Less than 3 percent of U.S. adults identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual, according to the first large-scale government survey measuring Americans’ sexual orientation.

The National Health Interview Survey, released Tuesday by U.S. Centers for Disease Control, found that 1.6 percent of adults self-identify as gay or lesbian, and 0.7 percent consider themselves bisexual.

An additional 1.1 percent declined to answer, responded “I don’t know the answer” or said they were “something else.”

The survey, conducted in 2013, included nearly 35,000 adults and is the federal government’s premier tool for annually assessing Americans’ health and behaviors.

The latest report marks the first time since the survey began in 1957 that it has included a measure of sexual orientation. The survey did not ask about gender identity, due to the much larger sample size needed to gain an accurate assessment of transgender Americans.

But the survey does offers insight through the lens of sexual orientation on measures critical to public health, such as smoking, drinking and health insurance status.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/07/l...ual-americans/

See the actual report here.

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Not being a math/statistics person, I'm not sure one can say this was a "large" sample or even a statistically significant one. The sample size was less than 35,000 people to represent the reality of the 318,449,914+ people in the USA. Some math/stats/research person needs to weigh in on this.

It was fun to find the US and World population clock tho.

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Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,617 Times in 7,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Large-scale government health survey reports on gay, bisexual Americans Less than 3 percent of U.S. adults identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual, according to the first large-scale government survey measuring Americans’ sexual orientation. The National Health Interview Survey, released Tuesday by U.S. Centers for Disease Control, found that 1.6 percent of adults self-identify as gay or lesbian, and 0.7 percent consider themselves bisexual. An additional 1.1 percent declined to answer, responded “I don’t know the answer” or said they were “something else.” The survey, conducted in 2013, included nearly 35,000 adults and is the federal government’s premier tool for annually assessing Americans’ health and behaviors. The latest report marks the first time since the survey began in 1957 that it has included a measure of sexual orientation. The survey did not ask about gender identity, due to the much larger sample size needed to gain an accurate assessment of transgender Americans. But the survey does offers insight through the lens of sexual orientation on measures critical to public health, such as smoking, drinking and health insurance status. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/07/l...ual-americans/ See the actual report here. ------------------------------------------- Not being a math/statistics person, I'm not sure one can say this was a "large" sample or even a statistically significant one. The sample size was less than 35,000 people to represent the reality of the 318,449,914+ people in the USA. Some math/stats/research person needs to weigh in on this. It was fun to find the US and World population clock tho.