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| Surveys which include Gay Asians | ||||||
| Compiled by Arthur Hu 1992 | ||||||
| Index: 1.00 means proportionally equal to white 2.00 means twice | ||||||
| -2.00 means one half. | ||||||
| US Census 1990 Population, Overall | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | NativeAm | ||
| USA | 75.4% | 12.0% | 9.0% | 2.9% | 0.7% | |
| San Francisco | 39.2% | 10.9% | 13.9% | 29.0% | 7.0% | |
| Los Angeles | 43.0% | 10.0% | 23.0% | 9.0% | 5.0% | |
| San Jose | 49.8% | 4.4% | 26.6% | 18.7% | 0.5% | |
| Overlooked Opinions - Chicago, Ill, May 1992 | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | NativeAm | ||
| Men | 84.3% | 4.0% | 9.5% | 1.2% | 1.0% | |
| Women | 78.9% | 5.8% | 11.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | |
| Index | ||||||
| Men | 1.12 | -3.35 | -1.06 | -2.70 | 1.28 | |
| Women | 1.05 | -2.17 | 1.24 | -1.52 | 2.18 | |
| Gay Freedom Day Parade, SF 1990 | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | NativeAm | ||
| Est | 87.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| Index | 2.22 | -4.84 | -6.17 | -32.18 | -15.54 | |
| (I made a rough count of representation in parade) | ||||||
| Response to the AIDS Epidemic: A Survey of Homosexual and Bisexual Men in | ||||||
| Los Angeles County. David E. Kanouse et. al. | ||||||
| Rand Corporation, Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 | ||||||
| Survey Oct-Dec 1989 of 276 gay men out of 9,268 interviews | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | ||
| 78.0% | 5.0% | 13.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | ||
| Index | 1.81 | -3.63 | -3.21 | -8.16 | -4.53 | |
| EMT Associates survey of 734 gay and bisexuals in San Francisco Aug 1991 | ||||||
| for San Francisco Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Substance Abuse Needs Assessment | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | ||
| Men | 79.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% | 4.0% | 2.0% | |
| Women | 77.0% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | |
| Index | ||||||
| Men | 2.02 | -3.14 | -5.60 | -14.61 | -7.05 | |
| Women | 1.96 | -4.28 | -4.55 | -11.39 | -2.75 | |
| 1990 Stanford Health Needs Assessment of Stanford | ||||||
| Survey of 13,000 students at Stanford University | ||||||
| Only 5 Asians responded positive to gay question. | ||||||
| Alejandro Martinez | ||||||
| Percent Gay or Lesbian | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | |||
| 3.0% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 8.0% | |||
| Index | 1.00 | 2.33 | 2.00 | 2.67 | ||
| Note - Stanford seems to be only place where Asian gays = White rate | ||||||
| San Jose Metro Men Seeking Men Ads | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | |||
| July 92 | 90.5% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 6.3% | ||
| Sept 92 | 90.2% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 7.5% | ||
| Avg | 90.4% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 6.9% | ||
| Index | 181.4% | -290.3% | #DIV/0! | -491.7% | ||
| San Francisco 1991 Young Men's Survey of 258 Gay Men in SF Bars | ||||||
| SF Residents under 25 years of age | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | Total | |
| Number | 138 | 35 | 49 | 33 | 3 | 258 |
| Percent | 53.5% | 13.6% | 19.0% | 12.8% | 1.2% | |
| Index | 1.36 | -1.10 | 1.00 | -3.09 | -8.21 | |
| Asians are only underrepresented group in this sample | ||||||
| San Francisco Homosexualand Bisexual Men in a | ||||||
| Sexually Tranmitted Disease Clinic 1989-1991 | ||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | Total | |
| Number | 906 | 213 | 199 | 42 | 18 | 1378 |
| Percent | 65.7% | 15.5% | 14.4% | 3.0% | 1.3% | |
| Index | 1.68 | -1.18 | -1.61 | -15.96 | -8.99 | |
| Index is representation of race relative to actual population, 1.00 | ||||||
| equal to white, 2.00 twice -2.00 half | ||||||
| Rank by Index | Black | Hisp | Asian | |||
| Stanford Health | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | |||
| Overlooked USA women | -2.2 | 1.2 | -1.5 | |||
| Overlooked USA men | -3.4 | -1.1 | -2.7 | |||
| SF Young Men's Survey | -1.1 | 1.0 | -3.1 | |||
| Seattle Gay STD 88-96 | 1.7 | 1.6 | -3.3 | |||
| San Jose Metro Personal | -2.9 | 0.0 | -4.9 | |||
| Los Angeles Rand | -3.6 | -3.2 | -8.2 | |||
| San Francisco EMT F | -4.2 | -4.5 | -11.4 | |||
| San Francisco EMT M | -3.1 | -5.6 | -14.6 | |||
| San Francisco Gay STD | -1.2 | -1.6 | -16.0 | |||
| Gay Parade SF | -4.8 | -6.2 | -32.1 | |||
| Also see comparison of AIDS rates for Asians which is | ||||||
| comparably lower as well. | ||||||