Table 3.
Estimated proportion of men who identify as gay or bisexual for individual studies and combined meta-analysis by identity and attraction (GSSa, NSDUHb, NSFGc, NHANESd, and NHISe surveys, United States, 2017-2021).
| Study name | Time period | Sample size | Estimated prevalence (%; 95% CI) | Q statistic | P value | I2 (%) | |||||||
| Identity | 3.4 (2.2-4.6) | 152.4 | <.001 | 95.4 | |||||||||
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GSS | 2018 | 629 | 2.2 (1.1-3.2) |
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GSS | 2021 | 1012 | 6.4 (4.7-8.0) |
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NSDUH | 2018 | 20,162 | 4.6 (4.1-5.0) |
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NSDUH | 2019 | 19,923 | 4.2 (3.8-4.6) |
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NSFGf | 2017-2019 | 5206 | 2.5 (1.9-3.2) |
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NSFGf | 2017-2019 | 5206 | 2.6 (1.9-3.3) |
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NHIS | 2019 | 14,733 | 2.1 (1.8-2.4) |
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NHANES | 2017-2020 | 2595 | 4.6 (3.5-5.7) |
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| Attraction | 4.9 (3.1-6.7) | 9.6 | .008 | 79.2 | |||||||||
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NSDUH | 2018 | 20,162 | 5.3 (4.8-5.7) |
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NSDUH | 2019 | 19,923 | 5.3 (4.9-5.7) |
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NSFG | 2017-2019 | 5206 | 4.0 (3.2-4.8) |
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aGSS: General Social Survey.
bNSDUH: National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health.
cNSFG: National Survey of Family Growth.
dNHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
eNHIS: National Health Interview Survey.
fThe NSFG contains 2 different questions about a respondent’s sexual identity; therefore, we included both estimates for 2017-2019.