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Sources: Gallup surveys of 2012, 2016 and 2021 and the PRRI survey from 2023
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The data doesn't really make sense, more than 50% of the population would be LGBTQ+? ๐ค
Edit: Thank you, I've had enough people making it clear that it's the graph title that is misleading and it's the total of the respective generation's population and not total of the country's population. No need to correct me again!
What makes you think 50%? The highest percentage in one particular age group is about 28% meaning the average of the whole population is of course much lower.
The graph says % of total population, you've got 28% for gen z and 16% for gen y, that's 44% right there...
Maybe having the actual study would make things clearer...
Numbers pulled out of my arse for illustration
Say of the whole population GenZ is 25% and GenY is also 25% (for convenience). If then 28% of GenZ identify as LGBTQ+ that would be 28%*.25= 7% (25% of 28%, or 1/4 of 28%). For GenZ maths would be 16%*0.25=4%. So these two groups would in total contribute that 11% of the total population is LGBTQ+.
Hopefully that makes sense.
I didn't take the time to analyse compared to each generation's population, but the graph is badly titled and it's indeed % of their respective generation's total population.