Results from the Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis of Homonegativity

Abstract

AbstractOur estimates of global homonegativity based on rates of disapproval of homosexual neighbours cover more than 90% of the world's population and are based on research results from 88 countries covert in the World Values Survey and the European Values Study. These data give the population-weighted result of a global percentage of homonegative people of around 55%. We present our research findings on the drivers of homonegativity using correlations, partial correlations and factor analysis, examining the effects of individual global attitudes on secularism, democracy, tolerance and religious particularism, as well as on gender equality, religion, political violence and national resilience on homonegativity, as evidenced in the global attitude data from the World Values Survey. We also analyse the relationship between homophobia and cross-social science data in the countries of the world.