2014/09/26 by Sebastian Jäckle, Georg Wenzelburger · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Religion and Society Interactions
paper · doi:10.1080/00918369.2014.969071
openalex publication_date 2014/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Although attitudes toward homosexuality have become more liberal, particularly in industrialized Western countries, there is still a great deal of variance in terms of worldwide levels of homonegativity. Using data from the two most recent waves of the World Values Survey (1999-2004, 2005-2009), this article seeks to explain this variance by means of a multilevel analysis of 79 countries. We include characteristics on the individual level, as age or gender, as well as aggregate variables linked to specificities of the nation-states. In particular, we focus on the religious denomination of a person and her religiosity to explain her attitude toward homosexuality. We find clear differences in levels of homonegativity among the followers of the individual religions.