Estimating the gay population and the consequences

What is it about?

We examine the factors that are associated with estimating the gay population. Next we explore how innumeracy may shape attitudes about homosexuality and gay rights. Our findings suggest that estimates of the gay population are partly a function of knowledge, and perhaps wishful thinking, but not threat. However, our analysis also reveals that higher estimates of the gay population are associated with less support for gay civil rights in the current era and were not a factor in the past.

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Why is it important?

Our analysis reveals that higher estimates of the gay population are associated with less support for gay civil rights in the current era and were not a factor in the past.