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At what age you first told someone that you were gay/les/bi

Source: R/gss_vars_427.R
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Source

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

Details

Question At about what age were you when you first told someone that you were (gay(IF MALE)/lesbian(IF FEMALE)/bisexual)?

Values

  • [1] under age 14

  • [2] age 14-18

  • [3] age 18-25

  • [4] age 26-35

  • [5] age 36-45

  • [6] age 46-55

  • [7] age 56-65

  • [8] age 66 or older

  • [9] i have never told anyone

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2008

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapunder age 14age 14-18age 18-25age 26-35age 36-45age 56-65i have never told anyoneno answernot available in this yearTotal
20081942310201033923-2023
Total194231020103392302023

See also

Other Sexual Orientation: adoptkid, attractd, evkid, kidlived, kidnow1, kidresp, marunion, relgendr, sexunion

Other Gays And Lesbians: attractd, marunion, sexunion

Other Sex: attractd, relgendr, sexunion