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- From: mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon)
- Subject: Re: Are Gay Men Richer, Really?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:26:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.200939.27127@macc.wisc.edu>, anderson@macc.wisc.edu
- (Jess Anderson) wrote:
-
- > >Financial analysis shows that gay men have more disposable
- > >income than their strayt peers.
- >
- > This is an often-repeated remark. I've seen it used by
- > those opposed to us. I've never seen the evidence used to
- > support the claim. Anyone have a pointer to solid research?
- > (The _Advocate_ probably won't do.)
-
- I suspect there is some statistical error in this analysis.
- National income is a well understood, often measured phenomena,
- and the figures are accurate. However, breaking down national
- income into whos and whats is less precise. While knowing
- black or hispanic or female incomes is fairly straightforward,
- knowing 'gay' income is considerably less so. Who are the
- surveyors going to see first? The most visible gays. And
- which group of gays is most visible? Probably white middle-aged
- men. And so what we are seeing is what we already know:
- white middle-age men have higher incomes than the rest of
- society.
-
- *X*
-