Table 2.
Sexual identity changes between wave 3 and wave 4.
| Whole Sample |
Sexual Identity Age 24–32 (Wave 4) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Identity Age 18–26 (Wave 3) | 100% Heterosexual | Mostly Heterosexual | Bisexual | Mostly Homosexual | 100% Homosexual | Total |
| 100% Heterosexual | 9433 | 648 | 67 | 22 | 25 | 10,195 |
| Mostly Heterosexual | 326 | 397 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 791 |
| Bisexual | 34 | 69 | 51 | 22 | 14 | 190 |
| Mostly Homosexual | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 30 | 72 |
| 100% Homosexual |
5 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
79 |
101 |
| Total |
9808 |
1118 |
166 |
96 |
161 |
11,349 |
| Men | Sexual Identity Age 24–32 (Wave 4) | |||||
|
Sexual Identity Age 18–26 (Wave 3) |
100% Heterosexual |
Mostly Heterosexual |
Bisexual |
Mostly Homosexual |
100% Homosexual |
Total |
| 100% Heterosexual | 4951 | 103 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 5089 |
| Mostly Heterosexual | 76 | 70 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 167 |
| Bisexual | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 |
| Mostly Homosexual | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 100% Homosexual |
3 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
57 |
71 |
| Total |
5040 |
181 |
29 |
49 |
101 |
5400 |
| Women | Sexual Identity Age 24–32 (Wave 4) | |||||
|
Sexual Identity Age 18–26 (Wave 3) |
100% Heterosexual |
Mostly Heterosexual |
Bisexual |
Mostly Homosexual |
100% Homosexual |
Total |
| 100% Heterosexual | 4482 | 545 | 56 | 14 | 9 | 5106 |
| Mostly Heterosexual | 250 | 327 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 624 |
| Bisexual | 29 | 61 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 156 |
| Mostly Homosexual | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 100% Homosexual |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
22 |
30 |
| Total | 4768 | 937 | 137 | 47 | 60 | 5949 |
Note: numbers on the main diagonal (grey cells) refer to respondents who did not change their sexual identity between Wave 3 and Wave 4; Those above the main diagonal (in bold) changed towards more homosexual identities between Wave 3 and Wave 4; Those below the main diagonal (in italic) changed towards more heterosexual identities between Wave 3 and Wave 4.