Sexual orientation

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Which of the following best describes you?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	bisexual	don't know	gay, lesbian, or homosexual	heterosexual or straight	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	236	27	7	33	1699	21	-	2023
2010	202	31	9	27	1749	26	-	2044
2012	237	43	3	27	1637	27	-	1974
2014	188	65	6	45	2195	39	-	2538
2016	1095	56	5	46	1641	24	-	2867
2018	942	51	6	31	1291	27	-	2348
2021	1682	96	53	76	2088	2	35	4032
2022	1900	82	62	53	1409	7	31	3544
2024	-	122	41	67	3052	11	16	3309
Total	57502	573	192	405	16761	184	82	75699

Values

• 1 gay, lesbian, or homosexual

• 2 bisexual

• 3 heterosexual or straight

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook