This chapter describes the research findings of the study. Findings related to a description of the sample are followed by results of the data related to the research questions and post hoc analysis.
Descriptive statistical analysis of the demographic and informational variables (gender, age, religious affiliation, level of education, number of family or friends that are homosexual or bisexual, degree of religiousness, and sexual orientation) included means (or most popular response), standard deviations, and frequency distributions. The sample consisted of 50 participants.
Gender. Equal numbers of males and females participated in the study (Table 1).
Age. The mean age was 2.27 with a standard deviation of 1.08. Most subjects were either aged 31-40 (30.6 percent) or 41-50 (30.6 percent), with 28.6 percent ages 18-30, 6.1 percent ages 51-60, and 4.1 percent ages 61 and older (Table 2).
Religious Affiliation. The most popular religious affiliation was Protestant. Regarding religious affiliation: 38.8 percent reported being Protestant, 26.5 percent reported other, 16.3 percent reported being Catholic, 16.3 percent reported being Muslim, and 2 percent reported being Jewish (Table 3).
Education Level. The most common education level was high school diploma or GED. Regarding education levels: 28.6 percent reported having a high school diploma or GED, 24.5 percent reported having a BA or BS, 20.4 percent reported having an Associate Degree, 10.2 percent reported having a Master's Degree, 4.1 percent reported having a PhD, and 12.2 percent reported other (Table 4).
Friends/Family Bi or Homosexual. The most common popular reply was having 1-3 friends/family who were bi or homosexual. Most participants reported having 1-3 friends/family who are bi or homosexual (48.9 percent), 29.8 percent reported having none, 17 percent reported 4-6, and 4.3 percent reported 7 or more (Table 5).
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