Heterosexual Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage

Figures & data

TABLE 1 Description of the Demographic Variables

Demographic & Independent variables		n	% of N	M	SD	Range
Race/ethnicity
	White	108	67.1
	Black	19	11.8
	Latino	6	3.7
	Asian	19	11.8
	Indian	4	2.5
	Other	5	3.1
Income (USD)
	$10K–$30K	4	2.5
	$31K–$50K	9	5.6
	$51K–$75K	27	16.8
	$76K–$100K	37	23.0
	$101K–$250K	55	34.2
	$251K +	29	18.0
Gender
	Female	106	65.8
	Male	55	34.2
				M	SD	Range
Age				19.17	1.08	17–23

FIGURE 1 Differences in attitudes between gay male and lesbian marriage by heterosexual gender: The y-axis scale is based on a contrast score of attitudes toward gay male minus lesbian marriage. A score of 1 signifies a preference for lesbian marriage, a score of -1, for gay male marriage, and 0 signifies neither a preference for gay male nor lesbian marriage. Horizontal solid bars represent 95% confidence intervals of the means, and the dashed lines signify the means themselves.

FIGURE 2 Gay male and lesbian homophobia differences predicting same-sex marriage attitudinal differences by gender. Note the x-axis represents negative attitudinal discrimination between gay male and lesbians, and the y-axis represents gay male marriage attitudes minus lesbian marriage attitudes. Positive numbers represent a preference for lesbian marriage, and negative numbers represent a preference for gay male marriage.