Using data from the first ever national representative sample survey on attitudes toward sexual minorities, the author undertook multiple regression analyses with a Homo/Biphobia scale and a Family/Gender Conservatism scale as dependent variables. Explanatory variables included one's gender identity, age, cohabitation experience, marital status, level of education, current work status, type of work, city size (three categories), geographic region, political view, having religious belief, importance of faith, and being acquainted with sexual minorities. The results indicate that being male, older, having no cohabitation experience, having a conservative political view, and not being acquainted with sexual minorities significantly raise the scores of both the Homo/Biphobia scale and the Family/Gender Conservatism scale. Marital status, city size and having religious belief were not significantly related to either scale. The results pertaining to the level of education, current work status, type of work, importance of religious faith and geographic region were mixed. For the Homo/Biphobia scale, the relative size of the effect was largest for age, followed by one's being acquainted with sexual minorities, and one's gender identity.
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