Cohort Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners: Do Trends Vary by Gender, Race, and Class?

Mishel, Emma; England, Paula; Ford, Jessie V.; Caudillo, Mónica L.

doi:10.1177/0891243219897062

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“…The estimates for those who identify as gay or bisexual are slightly larger here compared to the proportion of people who identify as gay or bisexual in the United Kingdom and Australia (see Geary et al 2018;Richters et al 2014); however, this is to be expected with a younger sample, as NSFG only sampled Americans aged 15-45 while the United Kingdom sampled adults aged 16-74 and Australia sampled adults aged 16 -69. Indeed, many studies show that younger individuals are more likely to identify as non-heterosexual compared to older individuals (see Bridges and Moore 2018;England et al 2016;Mishel et al forthcoming). Table 1 also shows that there are many gender differences when assessing how men and women age 15-45 label their sexual orientation: significantly more women than men identify as bisexual, and significantly more men than women identify as gay.…”

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Intersections between Sexual Identity, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Behavior among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women

Mishel

2019

Journal of Official Statistics

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Social scientists struggle on how to best operationalize and measure sexual orientation. Depending on the survey, researchers can use self-reports of lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) identity, same-sex partner cohabitation, same-sex sexual attraction, or same-sex sexual behavior. All measures come with their own limitations. To illuminate differences in these measures, this study examines the intersections between self-reported sexual identity, attraction, and behavior among a nationally representative sample of US men and women aged 15 -45. I explore how and when the three measures align, examine the determinants of self-identifying as gay or bisexual based on sexual behavior and attraction, and assess gender differences in the patterns. I find that about 20% of women and 10% of men aged 15 -45 would comprise the LGB community if it were defined to include those who report at least one of the following: gay or bisexual identity, any same-sex attraction, or same-sex sex in the last year. This is much higher than the 6.4% of women and 3.6% of men aged 15 -45 who selfidentify as LGB. I conclude with recommendations that can aid in measurement of the LGB population, and discuss implications for using certain measures over others when conducting research on the LGB community.

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Intersections between Sexual Identity, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Behavior among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women

Mishel

2019

Journal of Official Statistics

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“…The difficulty of distinguishing age-period-cohort effects is well documented in existing literature (Yang and Land 2013). Following Mishel et al (2020), I included respondents' birth cohort and age, but not survey year (i.e., period), in all models. 3 This means the cohort trends reported here may partly reflect period effects.…”

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“…I used multiple binary logit regression models for different systems of financial management instead of multinomial logistic regression models, due to smaller cell sizes in the latter (Mishel et al 2020). Nonetheless, alternative multinomial models yielded substantively consistent results.…”

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Divergent Gender Revolutions: Cohort Changes in Household Financial Management across Income Gradients

2021

Gender & Society

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The ways in which partners manage their money provide important clues to gender inequality in and the nature of couple relationships. Analyzing data from nationally representative surveys ( N = 11,730 couples), I examine changes across British cohorts born between the 1920s and 1990s in their household financial management, and how the changes vary across individuals and couples occupying differential income positions. The results show divergent, nuanced cohort trends toward gender equality in couples’ money management. Across successive cohorts of low-earning women, there has been a subtle relaxation in the form of male control, reflected in a decrease in the proportion of men adopting “back-seat” management by retaining the majority of the couple’s money while delegating the chore of managing daily expenses to their partners. By contrast, the empowerment of high-earning women is reflected primarily in an individualization of financial management, evident in a cohort decrease in joint financial management and an increase in independent management. The trend of individualization is particularly prominent among couples in which both partners have equally high earnings. The findings provide new insights into and important extensions of the theorization of gender relations in and the individualization of couple relationships.

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“…In the US, the increase in the proportion of people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender reported by Newport (2018) was wholly driven by increasing identification in younger cohorts. Analysing sexual behaviour data from the US General Social Survey, Mishel et al (2020) found strong cohort differences in same-sex sexual behaviour, with younger cohorts far more likely to report this behaviour. The cohort increase was greater for women than men.…”

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Projecting the sexual minority population: Methods, data, and illustrative projections for Australia

Wilson¹,

Temple²,

Lyons³

2021

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDAttitudes to sexual minorities have undergone a transformation in many Western countries in recent decades. With much greater public acceptance, and an increase in policies and legislation to support equality and outlaw discrimination, the need for population statistics on sexual minority populations has grown. However, such statistics remain rare: Only a few sets of population estimates have been produced in a small number of countries, and there are no population projections of which we are aware. OBJECTIVEThe aims of this paper are to introduce a model for producing projections of a national population by sexual identity, suggest ways in which data and conceptual limitations can be handled, and present illustrative population projections for Australia. METHODSAn adapted multistate cohort-component is described, along with various data sources and approaches for preparing plausible projection assumptions. Two illustrative scenarios for the future of Australia's sexual minority population over the 2016-2041 period are presented. RESULTSAccording to the selected scenarios, Australia's sexual minority population is projected to increase rapidly over the coming decades, rising from 0.65 million in 2016 to between 1.25 and 1.57 million by 2041. This growth is generated by sexual minority cohort flow -the gradual replacement of cohorts with lower proportions of sexual minority

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Cohort Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners: Do Trends Vary by Gender, Race, and Class?

Cited by 25 publications

References 43 publications

Intersections between Sexual Identity, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Behavior among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women

Intersections between Sexual Identity, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Behavior among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women

Divergent Gender Revolutions: Cohort Changes in Household Financial Management across Income Gradients

Projecting the sexual minority population: Methods, data, and illustrative projections for Australia

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