Do people choose to be homosexual?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Do people choose to be homosexual? (Demographic Patterns)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about homosexuals: People choose to be homosexuals. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Age

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	23.5% 63	19.8% 100	22.7% 102	22.9% 62	22.3% 27	21.9% 354
Disagree	25.7% 69	25.7% 130	23.1% 104	25.1% 68	20.7% 25	24.5% 396
Agree	15.7% 42	18.2% 92	26.9% 121	25.5% 69	22.3% 27	21.7% 351
Strongly agree	22.4% 60	20.4% 103	14.2% 64	12.2% 33	9.1% 11	16.8% 271
Undecided	12.7% 34	15.8% 80	13.1% 59	14.4% 39	25.6% 31	15.0% 243
Missing	4	6	13	4	8	35
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 505	100.0% 450	100.0% 271	100.0% 121	1615

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	31.6% 117	23.1% 106	19.4% 55	15.1% 73	4	22.0% 351
Disagree	28.6% 106	29.7% 136	23.6% 67	17.1% 83	2	24.5% 392
Agree	14.9% 55	21.4% 98	25.7% 73	24.9% 121	4	21.7% 347
Strongly agree	7.6% 28	10.5% 48	13.7% 39	31.8% 154	3	16.8% 269
Undecided	17.3% 64	15.3% 70	17.6% 50	11.1% 54	5	14.9% 238
Missing	7	9	5	7	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 458	100.0% 284	100.0% 485	18	1597

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	17.8% 21	16.3% 74	22.6% 135	25.1% 54	33.0% 66	4	22.1% 350
Disagree	13.6% 16	26.5% 120	21.7% 130	28.8% 62	28.5% 57	10	24.3% 385
Agree	24.6% 29	21.4% 97	22.9% 137	21.4% 46	17.5% 35	6	21.7% 344
Strongly agree	23.7% 28	19.6% 89	17.9% 107	12.1% 26	10.0% 20	1	17.0% 270
Undecided	20.3% 24	16.1% 73	14.9% 89	12.6% 27	11.0% 22	7	14.8% 235
Missing	7	12	10	1	1	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 453	100.0% 598	100.0% 215	100.0% 200	28	1584

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	29.3% 172	25.7% 90	12.0% 74	32.4% 11	8	21.8% 347
Disagree	30.1% 177	24.6% 86	20.0% 124	20.6% 7	1	24.8% 394
Agree	16.8% 99	18.0% 63	28.8% 178	20.6% 7	3	21.8% 347
Strongly agree	9.5% 56	16.0% 56	23.9% 148	14.7% 5	5	16.7% 265
Undecided	14.3% 84	15.7% 55	15.3% 95	11.8% 4	5	15.0% 238
Missing	8	1	4	3	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 588	100.0% 350	100.0% 619	100.0% 34	22	1591

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	16.5% 125	26.8% 230	22.0% 355
Disagree	20.2% 153	28.2% 242	24.4% 395
Agree	25.2% 191	18.5% 159	21.7% 350
Strongly agree	21.4% 162	12.8% 110	16.8% 272
Undecided	16.8% 127	13.6% 117	15.1% 244
Missing	17	16	33
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 858	1616

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Do people choose to be homosexual? by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	16.8% 154	21.4% 74	33.3% 10	44.4% 80	24.0% 23	14	21.8% 341
Disagree	21.4% 196	30.1% 104	40.0% 12	23.3% 42	29.2% 28	12	24.4% 382
Agree	23.6% 216	22.0% 76	6.7% 2	13.3% 24	25.0% 24	8	21.9% 342
Strongly agree	22.3% 204	8.7% 30	6.7% 2	8.9% 16	11.5% 11	9	16.8% 263
Undecided	15.8% 144	17.7% 61	13.3% 4	10.0% 18	10.4% 10	6	15.1% 237
Missing	19	7	1	0	0	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 345	100.0% 30	100.0% 180	100.0% 96	49	1565

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Notes

The Baylor Department of Sociology received a three-year grant from the John M. Templeton Foundation, to conduct a nationally representative multi-year study of religious values, practices, and behaviors. Wave 2 of the Baylor Religion Survey was collected in 2007 and includes a deep selection of questions related to religious behaviors, beliefs and belonging. Special topic modules examine race and religion, and personality.