Nov 22, 2007Quickie Link: Stats on Number of Gays Only Measure Openness of Population
By vanrozenheim
The latest study, “Geographic Trends among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey,” points to significant increases in the number of Gay couples who report their status on government surveys — from 145,000 in 1990, to just under 600,000 in 2000. Last year’s Williams Institute study noted that the government’s 2002 National Survey of Family Growth asked its sample of more than 12,000 men and women aged 18-44 about their sexual orientation. The survey found that 4.1 percent said they were Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual. What is the actual percentage? Six percent? Seven percent? Eight percent? No one knows.
