On May 4, 4:21=A0pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 May 2008 06:13:10 GMT, anonymous <anonym...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >> Fags are less than 4% of the population. =A0
> >Homo***uals make up about 10 percent of the population.
>
> No. That was debunked YEARS ago. =A0Currently most sociologists think
> its 4% to 6%, with a minority thinking its closer to 2%.
>
> Smith (1991) classified 5-6% of adults as homo***ual or bi***ual...
>
> Taylor (1993) found more than 4% of men aged 16-50 and more than 3% of
> women..
>
> Laumann et al (1994) found that 9% of men and 4% of women... Given the
> identity category choices of hetero***ual, homo***ual, bi***ual, or
> something else, 2.8% of men and 1.4% of women were homo***ual...
>
> Binson et al (1995) showed 5.3% of men...
>
> Sells et al (1995) re****ted 6.2% of =A0males and 3.6% of =A0females...
>
> Gonsierek et al (1995) reviewed the literature and critiqued surveys
> of homo***ual activity from Kinsey in 1948 to the 1994 study by
> Laumann, et al. Because of the possible risks involved in
> self-disclosure, it is posited that the recurrent 2-5% for same-gender
> ***ual behavior in the studies reviewed represents a minimum figure.
> They suggest that the current prevalence of predominant same-***
> orientation is 4-17%.
>
> Bagley and Tremblay: 5.9% identified as homo***ual and 6.1% identified
> as bi***ual.
>
> National Opinion Research Council, 1970: Male 6.7%
>
> General Social Survey: Male 5%, Female 3.5%
>
> Louis Harris & Associates, 1988: Male 4.4%, Female 3.6%
>
> Research Triangle, 1991: Male 8.1%
>
> National Survey of Men, 1993: 2.3%
>
> National Health and Social Life Survey, 1992: 2.8% of men and 1.4% of
> women self-identified as gay.
>
> Guttmacher Institute survey, 1992: 1% homo***ual.
>
> Australian telephone survey: 0.8% of the women gay and 1.4% as
> bi***ual.
yep; need to know about homo***uality, patgams is the guy to ask.


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