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Let's rise the numbers even more... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sources: Gallup surveys of 2012, 2016 and 2021 and the PRRI survey from 2023

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

The data doesn't really make sense, more than 50% of the population would be LGBTQ+? 🤔

Edit: Thank you, I've had enough people making it clear that it's the graph title that is misleading and it's the total of the respective generation's population and not total of the country's population. No need to correct me again!

[–] DocSportello 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

What makes you think 50%? The highest percentage in one particular age group is about 28% meaning the average of the whole population is of course much lower.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

The graph says % of total population, you've got 28% for gen z and 16% for gen y, that's 44% right there...

Maybe having the actual study would make things clearer...

[–] DocSportello 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"More than one in five young Americans (18-29 years) identify as LGBTQ (22%). One in ten people ages 30-49 (10%), 6% of people between 50 and 64 years, and 3% of people 65 years or older identify as LGBTQ. Twenty-four percent of Gen Z Americans (aged 18 to 25) identify as LGBTQ."