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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: HOMOMEAN

Question: What did you understand the word 'homosexual' to mean at this question?

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Men only - that is gays31
Women only - that is lesbians0
Either68
Don't know1
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Men only - that is gays 28 33
Women only - that is lesbians 0 0
Either 70 66
Don't know 1 0
Not answered 2 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Men only - that is gays 23 22 37 31 35 38
Women only - that is lesbians 0 0 0 0 0 0
Either 76 78 62 69 62 59
Don't know 1 0 1 0 1 1
Not answered 0 0 1 1 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Men only - that is gays 31 33 19
Women only - that is lesbians 0 0 0
Either 69 66 80
Don't know 0 1 0
Not answered 1 1 1

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