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Homosexual men have significantly lower personal incomes than heterosexual individuals
November 27th, 2008
A new study in the Canadian Journal of Economics provides the first evidence on sexual orientation and economic outcomes in Canada. The study found that gay men have 12 percent lower personal incomes and lesbians have 15 percent higher personal incomes than heterosexual men and women. Christopher S. Carpenter of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine used data from the Canadian Community Health Survey which includes standard demographic questions as well as self-reports on sexual orientation. Like previous patterns found in the U.S. and the U.K., results show that gay men have significantly lower personal incomes...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-27)
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