Jan 27, 2008Quickie Link: Bad Methodology Leads to False Results in UK Survey
By vanrozenheim
(UK) - Only one in 100 Britons would describe themselves as Gay, according to the first government research into sexuality. A further one in 100 would call themselves Bisexual - but both groups are outnumbered by those who say they are unwilling to discuss their private life with Whitehall researchers. In the survey, some people failed to understand the question and gave answers including "female", "normal", "not active" and "I am OK with my sexuality". Some interviewers declined to ask the question for fear of giving offence. The Office for National Statistics, which carried out the poll of 4,000 people, admitted that its results were "not a reliable estimate" of the homosexual population.
