Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Statistics on San Francisco homosexuals Message-ID: <528@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:04:52 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.528 Posted: Thu Nov 29 03:04:52 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 05:18:24 EST Reply-To: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 30 In an Associated Press story in the Nov 23rd New York Times, the results of a survey of San Francisco homosexuals is presented, along with some debate about the survey. Some excerpts: Forty percent of the single men in San Francisco are homosexual, and most of them are well-educated and earning more than $20,000 a year, according to a professional survey. The survey by the Research and Decisions Corporation, commissioned by the city-financed SF AIDS Foundation, was designed to produce the first reliable statistics on the city's homosexuals. [This section heavily condensed] Of 706,900 SF'ers, 69,960 are homosexual (based on 500 half-hour interviews). 32% of homosexual men in SF earn more than $30K, with 31% earning $20-$30K. 57% graduated from college, incl. 21% who continued in post-grad education. 42% of homosexual men in SF report they are in monogamous relationships and 13% have one primary relationship that includes outside sexual activity. 78% have all-male sexual partners, 14% are bisexual with mostly male partners and 7% are bisexual with mostly female partners. More than half of the homosexual men are in professional-managerial positions or operate their own businesses. Another 27% work in sales and clerical jobs. About half of those surveyed said they were completely out of the closet, with 34% "mostly out of the closet" and 3% keeping their homosexuality secret. A representative of the Lesbian-Gay Labor Alliance questioned the reliability of the survey, saying homosexuals "have a lot of economic avenues closed off to them because they're gay." However, he also noted that many affluent homosexuals were moving into San Francisco. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Just thought people might be interested in this. -- p.rowley, U. Toronto