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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Oct;37(5):736–747. doi: 10.1007/s10508-008-9363-8

Table 2.

Klein Sexual Orientation scale item means and percentage distributions by race/ethnicity

Klein Scale Rating (%)
M SD Exclusively heterosexual (0) Predominantly heterosexual, incidentally homosexual (1) Predominantly heterosexual, more than incidentally homosexual (2) Equally heterosexual and homosexual (3) Predominantly homosexual, more than incidentally heterosexual (4) Predominantly homosexual, incidentally heterosexual (5) Exclusively homosexual (6)
Sexual feelings
African-American 3.38 1.60 6 10 2 36 28 4 14
Latino 4.10 1.40 2 0 8 28 20 22 20
White 4.00 1.47 4 2 10 10 36 24 14
Combined 3.83 1.52 4 4 7 25 28 16 1
Sexual activities
African-American 3.56 1.51 0 14 6 32 16 22 10
Latino 4.18 1.52 0 6 12 14 14 34 20
White 4.14 1.37 0 8 4 16 20 42 10
Combined 3.96 1.49 0 9 7 21 17 33 13
Romantic feelings
African-American 3.46 1.81 8 8 8 30 18 8 20
Latino 4.34 1.59 4 2 2 22 20 18 32
White 3.90 1.99 12 6 2 16 10 32 22
Combined 3.90 1.83 8 5 4 23 16 19 25
Pornographic materials
African-American 3.30 1.87 10 6 12 38 4 10 20
Latino 3.25 1.64 8 4 10 44 13 6 15
White 3.49 1.67 6 4 13 32 15 15 15
Combined 3.34 1.72 8 5 12 38 10 10 17