Sexual orientation

sexornt

Source

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

Details

Question Which of the following best describes you?

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2024
B/C/-	2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for sexornt.

Counts by year:

year	iap	gay, lesbian, or homosexual	bisexual	heterosexual or straight	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2008	236	33	27	1699	7	21	-	2023
2010	202	27	31	1749	9	26	-	2044
2012	237	27	43	1637	3	27	-	1974
2014	188	45	65	2195	6	39	-	2538
2016	1095	46	56	1641	5	24	-	2867
2018	942	31	51	1291	6	27	-	2348
2021	1682	76	96	2088	53	2	35	4032
2022	1900	53	82	1409	62	7	31	3544
2024	-	67	122	3052	41	11	16	3309
Total	6482	405	573	16761	192	184	82	24679

See also

Other High Risk Behaviors: aidscndm, hivkiss, hivvac