Sexual orientation and life satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2399661 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dave Bartram (0000-0002-7278-2270, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-35 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14407833211017672 |
| OpenAlex | W3163375290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 37 |
Existing quantitative research on sexual orientation and life satisfaction uses models with control variables that do not have a clear rationale. With a correct understanding of what control variables do, no controls are necessary to estimate the consequences of sexual orientation on life satisfaction. An analysis constructed from this perspective reveals gay and bisexual men in the UK and Australia are less satisfied with their lives (relative to heterosexual men). Bisexual women in both countries are less satisfied as well. Lesbians in Australia are less satisfied (relative to straight women) - but lesbians in the UK do not have lower satisfaction. These conclusions hold also in an analysis that considers the possibility that some non-heterosexual people might be unwilling to disclose their sexual orientation on surveys
Control (management) · Economics · Lesbian · Life satisfaction · Management · Orientation (vector space) · Perspective (graphical) · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Cross-Sectional Model-Building for Research on Subjective Well-Being
Endogenous Selection Bias
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Chasing Sexual Orientation
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LGB Identity and Eudaimonic Well Being in Midlife
Homosexual Identity Formation
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The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
Cognitive Dissonance and Its Resolution
Causal Inference in Sociological Research
Pride and Prejudice
The Costs of Being 'Different
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| Citations per year | 3.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |