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Table 1 Estimates of the size of the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population of England

From: The proportion of the population of England that self-identifies as lesbian, gay or bisexual: producing modelled estimates based on national social surveys

Method

Weighting approach

LGB (%)

Lesbian and gay (%)

Bisexual (%)

‘Other’ (%)

1

Unweighted

2.51

1.25

0.60

0.65

2

Weighted by log sample size

2.52

1.27

0.63

0.62

3

Weighted by log sample size and response rate

2.51

1.26

0.63

0.61

4

Weighted by inverse proportion of missing dataa

2.50

1.25

0.60

0.66

5

Weighted by log sample size, response rate and inverse proportion of missing dataa

2.50

1.25

0.63

0.61

  1. aMissing data: people who responded ‘don’t know’, ‘prefer not to say’, refused and gave no answer