London - Women are more than twice as likely as men to be bisexual, a survey has found.
According to research by the UK's Office for National Statistics, 1.1 percent of adults say they are gay or lesbian and a further 0.5 percent describe themselves as bisexual. But the percentage of women who describe themselves as bisexual (0.7 percent) is more than double the figure for men (0.3 percent).
By contrast, 1.5 percent of men identified themselves as gay – which is more than double the percentage of women who said that they were lesbians (0.7 percent).
The poll also found workers in high-status jobs are 50 percent more likely to describe themselves as either homosexual, lesbian or bisexual than lower-paid manual workers.
Among managerial-class employees and professionals – including doctors and lawyers – 2.1 percent said they were lesbian, gay or bisexual. This was higher than the 1.3 percent of those who said they were gay, lesbian or bisexual among “intermediate” level workers, such as bank clerks or paramedics.
And among routine and manual workers – for example labourers or bar staff – 1.4 percent said they were lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB). The report, from the ONS Integrated Household Survey, said: “Adults in managerial and professional occupations were more likely to identify themselves as LGB than those in either intermediate occupations or routine and manual occupations.”
It went on to say that overall, Britain’s lesbian, gay and bisexual population has remained stable over the past five years. The survey also said 2.6 percent of Londoners are gay, higher than anywhere else in the country, and younger people are more likely than older people to say they are homosexual.
Daily Mail