This statistic shows the results of a survey among gay men and lesbian women in the United States regarding their plans to have children in the future. The survey was conducted in 2009. 34.5 percent of the lesbian and 40 percent of the gay respondents definitely do not want to have children in the future.
Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future?
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Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). (January 1, 2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). "Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future?." Chart. January 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). (2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). "Gay and Lesbian Americans: Do You Want to Have Children in The Future?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2010, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.), Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future? Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future? [Graph], Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.), January 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/