Cameron Paul
Family Research Institute, Inc., Colorado Springs 80962, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2002 Oct;91(2):671-8. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.2.671.
Replicating previous findings that homosexuals are underrepresented after middle age, the 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (N = 12,381) and 2000 Kaiser Family Foundation 15-city survey (N = 405) reported that homosexual men and women are seldom aged 50+ yr. and that older homosexuals are more apt to have a homosexual partner. Deaths of 228 homosexuals as recorded in the Washington Blade 1999-2001 were examined. Although more apt to have a partner when older, the median age of death of 88 homosexually partnered men was 45 yr., while for 118 unpartnered homosexual men it was 46 yr. This is consistent with the suggestion that homosexual partnering may be an additional hazard to men.
重复之前的研究结果，即同性恋者在中年以后的比例较低，1996年全国药物滥用家庭调查（样本量N = 12381）和2000年凯撒家庭基金会15城市调查（样本量N = 405）报告称，同性恋男性和女性很少有50岁及以上的，而且年龄较大的同性恋者更倾向于有同性恋伴侣。对《华盛顿刀锋报》1999 - 2001年记录的228名同性恋者的死亡情况进行了调查。虽然年龄较大时更倾向于有伴侣，但88名有同性恋伴侣的男性的死亡年龄中位数为45岁，而118名无伴侣的同性恋男性的死亡年龄中位数为46岁。这与同性恋伴侣关系可能对男性构成额外风险的观点一致。
