Are people born homosexual or heterosexual?

• Introduction
• Patterns

Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? (Demographic Patterns)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about homosexuals: People are born as either homosexual or heterosexual. Results weighted by WEIGHT (Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 2, 2007)

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? 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	28.6% 77	18.5% 93	17.1% 77	16.7% 45	11.6% 14	18.9% 306
Disagree	17.1% 46	16.1% 81	20.4% 92	20.7% 56	19.0% 23	18.5% 298
Agree	23.8% 64	29.4% 148	25.7% 116	27.4% 74	25.6% 31	26.8% 433
Strongly agree	16.7% 45	18.7% 94	17.3% 78	15.6% 42	16.5% 20	17.3% 279
Undecided	13.8% 37	17.5% 88	19.5% 88	19.6% 53	27.3% 33	18.5% 299
Missing	3	7	11	5	8	34
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 504	100.0% 451	100.0% 270	100.0% 121	1615

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? by Church attendance

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	5.9% 22	12.9% 59	13.4% 38	37.9% 183	4	19.0% 302
Disagree	14.3% 53	15.4% 70	23.0% 65	21.9% 106	3	18.5% 294
Agree	33.4% 124	34.4% 157	28.3% 80	14.5% 70	2	27.1% 431
Strongly agree	27.8% 103	18.2% 83	14.5% 41	9.7% 47	4	17.2% 274
Undecided	18.6% 69	19.1% 87	20.8% 59	15.9% 77	7	18.3% 292
Missing	7	10	7	9	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 456	100.0% 283	100.0% 483	20	1593

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? by Education

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or vocational training	College graduate	Postgraduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	22.6% 26	21.9% 99	21.4% 129	12.5% 27	10.0% 20	4	19.0% 301
Disagree	19.1% 22	20.5% 93	16.9% 102	19.0% 41	19.0% 38	2	18.7% 296
Agree	22.6% 26	25.8% 117	25.7% 155	31.9% 69	30.0% 60	7	26.9% 427
Strongly agree	12.2% 14	13.7% 62	17.2% 104	18.1% 39	27.0% 54	6	17.2% 273
Undecided	23.5% 27	18.1% 82	18.7% 113	18.5% 40	14.0% 28	11	18.3% 290
Missing	11	11	7	1	2	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 453	100.0% 603	100.0% 216	100.0% 200	30	1587

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? by Political party

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.8% 52	17.4% 61	28.1% 174	27.3% 9	8	18.6% 296
Disagree	15.1% 89	15.1% 53	24.4% 151	3.0% 1	2	18.5% 294
Agree	33.7% 198	26.9% 94	20.4% 126	30.3% 10	5	26.9% 428
Strongly agree	26.5% 156	19.1% 67	7.4% 46	21.2% 7	3	17.4% 276
Undecided	15.8% 93	21.4% 75	19.7% 122	18.2% 6	4	18.6% 296
Missing	9	2	4	3	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 588	100.0% 350	100.0% 619	100.0% 33	22	1590

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	22.0% 167	16.3% 139	19.0% 306
Disagree	22.3% 169	15.0% 128	18.4% 297
Agree	24.2% 184	29.1% 249	26.8% 433
Strongly agree	13.3% 101	20.7% 177	17.2% 278
Undecided	18.2% 138	18.9% 162	18.6% 300
Missing	16	18	34
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 855	1614

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Are people born homosexual or heterosexual? by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	26.1% 238	10.1% 35	6.7% 2	5.0% 9	15.5% 15	7	19.1% 299
Disagree	20.3% 185	16.8% 58	20.0% 6	12.2% 22	18.6% 18	8	18.5% 289
Agree	23.4% 213	28.6% 99	30.0% 9	38.1% 69	32.0% 31	12	26.9% 421
Strongly agree	12.2% 111	21.4% 74	26.7% 8	32.0% 58	17.5% 17	11	17.1% 268
Undecided	18.0% 164	23.1% 80	16.7% 5	12.7% 23	16.5% 16	13	18.4% 288
Missing	21	7	0	0	0	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 346	100.0% 30	100.0% 181	100.0% 97	51	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.