Sell R L, Wells J A, Wypij D
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 1995 Jun;24(3):235-48. doi: 10.1007/BF01541598.
Researchers determining the prevalence of homosexuality in nationally representative samples have focused upon determining the prevalence of homosexual behavior, ignoring those individuals whose sexual attraction to the same sex had not resulted in sexual behavior. We examine the use of sexual attraction as well as sexual behavior to estimate the prevalence of homosexuality in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France using the Project HOPE International Survey of AIDS-Risk Behaviors. We find that 8.7, 7.9, and 8.5% of males and 11.1, 8.6, and 11.7% of females in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, respectively, report some homosexual attraction but no homosexual behavior since age 15. Further, considering homosexual behavior and homosexual attraction as different but overlapping dimensions of homosexuality, we find 20.8, 16.3, and 18.5% of males, and 17.8, 18.6, and 18.5% of females in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France report either homosexual behavior or homosexual attraction since age 15. Examination of homosexual behavior separately finds that 6.2, 4.5, and 10.7% of males and 3.6, 2.1, and 3.3% of females in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, respectively, report having had sexual contact with someone of the same sex in the previous 5 years. Our findings highlight the importance of using more than just homosexual behavior to examine the prevalence of homosexuality.
在具有全国代表性的样本中确定同性恋流行率的研究人员一直专注于确定同性恋行为的流行率，而忽略了那些对同性有性吸引力但未导致性行为的个体。我们利用“希望工程国际艾滋病风险行为调查”，研究了使用性吸引力以及性行为来估计美国、英国和法国同性恋流行率的情况。我们发现，在美国、英国和法国，分别有8.7%、7.9%和8.5%的男性以及11.1%、8.6%和11.7%的女性报告称，自15岁以来有一些同性恋吸引力但没有同性恋行为。此外，将同性恋行为和同性恋吸引力视为同性恋的不同但重叠的维度，我们发现，在美国、英国和法国，分别有20.8%、16.3%和18.5%的男性以及17.8%、18.6%和18.5%的女性报告自15岁以来有同性恋行为或同性恋吸引力。单独检查同性恋行为发现，在美国、英国和法国，分别有6.2%、4.5%和10.7%的男性以及3.6%、2.1%和3.3%的女性报告在过去5年里与同性有过性接触。我们的研究结果凸显了不仅仅使用同性恋行为来研究同性恋流行率的重要性。
