REAL Fwd: LGBTI final 2010 report - Not So Private Lives

Dear LGBTQI community group members or supporters,

 

Late last year The University of Queensland released an intermediate report based on some of the 'Relationship Recognition' (marriage vs. civil unions vs. de facto) findings from the Australia-wide Not So Private Lives survey.  The online survey was sent to your group/organisation and therefore you or some of your group members may have participated in this survey.   This full and final report provides further information on the topic of relationship recognition (see Chapters 5 and 6 ) and presents results based on many other aspects  of sexual minority life (see content below).   Links to the full report are below (the report is also available on facebook).  A small number of hard copies are also available upon request (see contact details).

 

 

 

2010 FULL REPORT – LGBTI National Findings on Relationships and Well-Being

The final and full report of the Australian national NOT SO PRIVATE LIVES survey is now available online. 

The 2,032 participants were 18-82 years of age, from each state and territory, and from metropolitan and rural Australia.  Results are presented based on gender identity (male, female, and gender different), six age groups (18-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-82) and three age cohorts (<25 yrs, 25-34 yrs, 35+ yrs).  Additional findings are provided for transgender/transsexual and intersex participants.

Findings are presented in easy-to-interpret coloured graphs.

Findings include:

·         Chapter 3 - Significant gender identity and age cohort differences on awareness and first disclosure of same-sex attractions

·         Chapter 4 - Preferred timing of disclosure of sexuality in everyday encounters (based on 3 hypothetical situations presented in the survey)

o   Preferred timing of disclosure for those partnered vs. not partnered

o   Influence of religion on disclosure

·         Chapter 5 - Personal preference for relationship recognition – marriage vs. civil unions vs. de facto – findings presented at the Australian Federal Senate hearing of the inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 and in the book 'Why vs. Why Marriage' (for the 'Yes' argument presented by Rodney Croome).

o   Majority personal preference for marriage found for all states

o   Significant age differences for preferred relationship recognition

o   Perceptions of how others (including friends and family) value one's own same-sex relationship compared with heterosexual marriages and de facto relationships, and the significant relationship between these perceptions and well-being

o   Significant gender differences for relationship status and length of relationships

·         Chapter 6 - Numbers living with and planning on having children

o   Greater numbers of young males (<25 yrs) planning on having children

o   Close to 50% females in 35+ age cohort have children in lives – large majority currently in a same-sex relationship

o   75-80% of those with partner and living full-time with young children (under 13 yrs) want to marry

·         Chapter 7 – Partner support and relationship satisfaction

o   Significant age differences in being similar to one's partner in feeling comfortable with sexuality and 'coming-out'

o   Partner similarity with comfort in 'coming out' and its significant prediction of relationship satisfaction

·         Chapter 8 – Contact with and support from GLBTI friends and community

o   Differences based on age and metropolitan vs. rural area of residence

o   Young (<25 yrs) least contact with GLBTI community

·         Chapter 9 -The role of mainstream acceptance in addition to support from similar others in predicting well-being

o   Acceptance from friends, family, and broader community and significant prediction of well-being even when taking into account the level of GLBTI support.

·         Chapter 10 - Psychological Well-Being 

o   Positive and Negative Mood (PANAS) and comparisons with a random sample from the Australian general population and national LGB sample from the US. 

o   Gender identity and age differences on 6 dimensions of well-being:

§  Self-acceptance

§  Purpose in life

§  Autonomy

§  Personal growth

§  Environmental mastery

§  Positive relations with others

 

Dane, S.K., Masser, B.M., MacDonald, G., & Duck, J.M. (2010).  Not so private lives: National findings on the relationships and well-being of same-sex attracted Australians (version 1.1).  The University of Queensland, Australia: School of Psychology Publications.

To access the full report visit

http://www.notsoprivatelives.com  or access via The University of Queensland Library http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:205948 

 

Warm Regards,

Sharon Dane

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Sharon Dane

School of Psychology

McElwain Building (24A)

The University of Queensland

St Lucia, QLD 4072

Australia

Mob: 0403 895 268

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