Table 4.
Comparison of cultural cognition worldview among heterosexual and non-heterosexual (LGB) U.S. adults, survey data 2014–2015
| Overall sample (n) |
Heterosexual weighted % (95%CI) |
LGB weighted % (95%CI) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sometimes the government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves | Disagree | 4,216 | 36.26 (35.16, 37.35) | 35.62 (30.87, 40.37) | 0.7989 |
| Agree | 6,951 | 63.74 (62.65, 64.84) | 64.38 (59.63, 69.13) | ||
| It’s not the government’s business to try to protect people from themselves | Disagree | 4,428 | 41.51 (40.38, 42.64) | 47.47 (42.61, 52.33) | 0.0178 |
| Agree | 6,733 | 58.49 (57.36, 59.62) | 52.53 (47.67, 57.39) | ||
| The government should stop telling people how to live their lives | Disagree | 3,575 | 33.90 (32.80, 34.99) | 38.00 (33.31, 42.70) | 0.0878 |
| Agree | 7,583 | 66.10 (65.01, 67.20) | 62.00 (57.30, 66.69) | ||
| The government should put limits on the choices individuals can make so they don’t get in the way of what’s good for society | Disagree | 7,085 | 62.06 (60.96, 63.17) | 61.40 (56.74, 66.05) | 0.7841 |
| Agree | 4,075 | 37.94 (36.83, 39.04) | 38.60 (33.95, 43.26) |