peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (11/29/84)
In an Associated Press story in the Nov 23rd New York Times, the results of a survey of San Francisco homosexuals is presented, along with some debate about the survey. Some excerpts: Forty percent of the single men in San Francisco are homosexual, and most of them are well-educated and earning more than $20,000 a year, according to a professional survey. The survey by the Research and Decisions Corporation, commissioned by the city-financed SF AIDS Foundation, was designed to produce the first reliable statistics on the city's homosexuals. [This section heavily condensed] Of 706,900 SF'ers, 69,960 are homosexual (based on 500 half-hour interviews). 32% of homosexual men in SF earn more than $30K, with 31% earning $20-$30K. 57% graduated from college, incl. 21% who continued in post-grad education. 42% of homosexual men in SF report they are in monogamous relationships and 13% have one primary relationship that includes outside sexual activity. 78% have all-male sexual partners, 14% are bisexual with mostly male partners and 7% are bisexual with mostly female partners. More than half of the homosexual men are in professional-managerial positions or operate their own businesses. Another 27% work in sales and clerical jobs. About half of those surveyed said they were completely out of the closet, with 34% "mostly out of the closet" and 3% keeping their homosexuality secret. A representative of the Lesbian-Gay Labor Alliance questioned the reliability of the survey, saying homosexuals "have a lot of economic avenues closed off to them because they're gay." However, he also noted that many affluent homosexuals were moving into San Francisco. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Just thought people might be interested in this. -- p.rowley, U. Toronto
rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) (12/03/84)
> In an Associated Press story in the Nov 23rd New York Times, the results of > a survey of San Francisco homosexuals is presented, along with some debate > about the survey. Some excerpts: > Of 706,900 SF'ers, 69,960 are homosexual (based on 500 half-hour interviews). I believe the 69,960 were ADULT, MALE SELF-DESCRIBED HOMOSEXUALS. Non-adults were not surveyed. -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!pbauae!rob
maf@unisoft.UUCP (Mary Ann K. Finnerty) (12/11/84)
> In an Associated Press story in the Nov 23rd New York Times, > the results of a survey of San Francisco homosexuals is presented, > along with some debate about the survey. Some excerpts: > > Forty percent of the single men in San Francisco are homosexual, > and most of them are well-educated and earning more than $20,000 > a year, according to a professional survey. > > The survey by the Research and Decisions Corporation, > commissioned by the city-financed SF AIDS Foundation, > was designed to produce the first reliable statistics on > the city's homosexuals. > It is important to note a few important things about that survey: 1) that the survey was NOT a random sample, 2) the 500 were TELEPHONE interviews and more than 10% of the salaries reported have already been declared as inflated and the investigation has just begun...think about it - if you weren't making much money and someone asked you how much you were making, in a telephone interview, wouldn't you be inclined to inflate it a little bit??? Another factor is that homophobia comes in many forms, and even homosexuals can have some residual homophobia from growing up in a world determined to assume that everyone is heterosexual...Thinking that gay men are all highly educated and affluent is just a softer homophobia - like the antisemitism in prewar Germany grown from the view of Jews as being so wealthy and educated such homophobia could be used against us... just a thought from a lesbian here in sf... maf