Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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Q94 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which of the following best describes you?   1) Gay, lesbian, or homosexual   2) Bisexual   3) Heterosexual or straight   4) Other   8) Prefer not to answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Gay, lesbian, or homosexual	33	2.3%	2.3%
Bisexual	41	2.8%	5.1%
Heterosexual or straight	1281	88.5%	93.6%
Other	25	1.7%	95.3%
Prefer not to answer	67	4.6%	99.9%
Missing	37

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Gay, lesbian, or homosexual	0.0% 0	3.2% 9	3.3% 6	3.3% 9	1.4% 3	1.8% 5	2.4% 32
Bisexual	16.4% 18	2.2% 6	3.9% 7	1.1% 3	2.3% 5	0.4% 1	3.0% 40
Heterosexual or straight	78.2% 86	92.8% 259	87.8% 159	91.1% 245	92.8% 206	87.8% 244	89.5% 1199
Other	3.6% 4	0.7% 2	1.7% 3	0.7% 2	1.4% 3	2.5% 7	1.6% 21
Prefer not to answer	1.8% 2	1.1% 3	3.3% 6	3.7% 10	2.3% 5	7.6% 21	3.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 279	100.0% 181	100.0% 269	100.0% 222	100.0% 278	1339

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
Gay, lesbian, or homosexual	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	2.3% 10	2.3% 5	5.6% 14	2.3% 33
Bisexual	7.4% 9	3.4% 13	2.5% 11	1.8% 4	1.2% 3	2.8% 40
Heterosexual or straight	74.4% 90	92.3% 358	89.6% 388	90.4% 198	88.8% 223	89.0% 1257
Other	3.3% 4	1.5% 6	1.2% 5	2.3% 5	1.2% 3	1.6% 23
Prefer not to answer	14.9% 18	1.8% 7	4.4% 19	3.2% 7	3.2% 8	4.2% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 388	100.0% 433	100.0% 219	100.0% 251	1412

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Gay, lesbian, or homosexual	1.2% 5	2.3% 4	5.4% 5	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	3.8% 10	2.3% 32
Bisexual	3.5% 14	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	7.3% 19	2.8% 40
Heterosexual or straight	90.8% 366	88.5% 154	88.2% 82	91.8% 324	91.7% 111	80.2% 210	88.7% 1247
Other	2.0% 8	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 6	3.3% 4	1.1% 3	1.8% 25
Prefer not to answer	2.5% 10	5.2% 9	6.5% 6	3.1% 11	5.0% 6	7.6% 20	4.4% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 174	100.0% 93	100.0% 353	100.0% 121	100.0% 262	1406

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Gay, lesbian, or homosexual	1.9% 21	3.2% 5	6.7% 3	2.8% 4	2.3% 33
Bisexual	2.7% 30	0.0% 0	4.4% 2	6.3% 9	2.8% 41
Heterosexual or straight	90.8% 1004	87.8% 137	62.2% 28	79.6% 113	88.5% 1282
Other	1.7% 19	1.3% 2	4.4% 2	1.4% 2	1.7% 25
Prefer not to answer	2.9% 32	7.7% 12	22.2% 10	9.9% 14	4.7% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 1106	100.0% 156	100.0% 45	100.0% 142	1449