Table 1.

Sexual orientations in Germany. Results of population-wide interview surveys

Source: Own table

	Proportion	Source
Cohabitating same-sex partnerships
Around 94,000 people	0.5%–0.9% of all couples sharing a household	Destatis Microcensus 2015 [14]
Self-identification as lesbian, gay or bisexual
Total	1.9%	DIW SOEP 2016 [1]
<45 Years	2.8%
>60 Years	Under    1%
Women, 21–25 years	Around 3% lesbian Around 6% bisexual	BZgA Jugendsexualität (Youth sexuality) 2015 [11]
Men, 21–25 years	Around 5% gay Around 2% bisexual
Women, 18–75 years	1.3% lesbian 1.8% bisexual	BZgA Liebesleben (Love life) 2017 [13]
Men, 18–75 years	2.1% gay 1.4% bisexual
Close, same-sex body contact in the last twelve months
Women, 21–25 years	Around 14%	BZgA Jugendsexualität (Youth sexuality) 2015 [11]
Men, 21–25 years	Around 12%
Self-description as not exclusively heterosexual
Women, ≥14 years	Around 11%	University of Leipzig Sexualverhalten in Deutschland (Sexual behaviour in Germany) 2016 [15]
Men, ≥14 years	Around 10%
Women, 18–75 years	22.4%	BZgA Liebesleben (Love life) 2017 [13]
Men, 18–75 years	13.8%

BZgA = Federal Centre for Health Education, Destatis = Federal Statistical Office, DIW = German Institute for Economic Research, SOEP = German Socio-Economic Panel