Gay Britain

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Table 2
2	Sexual Identity:1,2,3,4,5 by Age Group, January to December 2012
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5	Age groups	16-24	25-34	35-49	50-64	65+
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7	Heterosexual / Straight	91.2	92.7	93	94.8	95
8	Gay / Lesbian	1.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	0.3
9	Bisexual	1	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2
10	Other	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
11	Don't know / Refusal	3.8	3.8	3.7	3	4
12	No response2	2.1	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.3
13	Total gay/lesbian/bisexual	2.7	2.1	1.9	1	0.5
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15	Table source: Integrated Household Survey - Office for National Statistics
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17	Table notes :
18	1 In 2012 there were 178,197 eligible respondents (aged 16 and over) to the sexual identity question.
19	Of these 169,239 provided a valid response. The question was not asked by proxy.
20	2 ONS defines 'no response' as no data provided to the question by an eligible responder.
21	3 The 'no response' category includes respondents who were aged 15 in wave 1 of the LFS/APS but are now aged
22	16 in the January to December 2012 field period. Information on a change affecting the processing of these cases
23	can be found in the background notes.
24	4 Percentages might not add to 100 per cent due to rounding
25	5 Confidence intervals for the latest estimates in the above table can be found in the excel download table.
26	Information on what confidence intervals are can be found in the background notes.
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