According to the source, "[d]uring the 49-day period from July 30, 2009 to September 16, 2009, Community Marketing, Inc. conducted an online survey of self-identified gay men and lesbians from CMI鈥檚 proprietary survey panel, as well as participants pointed to the survey from a variety of partners. For the purposes of this report, those participants who self-identified as 鈥渜ueer,鈥 鈥渢ransgender鈥 or 鈥渂isexual鈥 were not included in the analyses unless they also identified as lesbian or gay."
Number of respondents in the U.S.:
Self-identified gay men: n=15,848
Self-identified lesbian women: n = 5,809
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Opinion on having children by gay and lesbian Americans in the U.S. in 2009
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.
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Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). "Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future?." Chart. January 1, 2010. 糖心破解版. Accessed August 01, 2026. /statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
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Gay and lesbian Americans: Do you want to have children in the future? [Graph], Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.), January 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: /statistics/250600/opinion-on-having-children-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
