in a homosexual relationship. A smaller majority (59%) have had homosexual relationships of "some permanency" prior to this one. The length of the present relationship is shown in Table 7 below:

LENGTH

NO. OF PERSONS

UNDER | YEAR

22

1-3 YEARS

40

4-6 YEARS

30

7-9 YEARS

5

10 YEARS OR OVER

16

113

TABLE 7. LENGTH OF PRESENT HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

The range of duration is from "just began" to 20 years, with an average duration of between four and five years. One of the important variables in a question of this kind is of course age; we therefore show in Table 8 a breakdown of this material by age bracket:

AGE IN YEARS

20-25 26-30

31-35 36-40

OVER 40

LENGTH

UNDER I YR.

5

7

7

2

1-3 YRS.

12

9

9

6

4-6 YRS.

6

7

8

6

3

7-9 YRS.

1

0

2

1

|

10 & OVER

0

8

7

NO REPLY

(12)

(7)

(8)

(8)

(9)

36

31

34

31

25

TOTAL: 157

TABLE 8. LENGTH OF PRESENT HOMOSEXUAL RELATION BY AGE BRACKET

As would be expected, some correlation with age can be seen, though it is by no means perfect. Each of the first three age groups, up to age 35, show a clustering of replies around the 1-3 duration. But above ago 35 the distribution becomes bimodal; that is the largest number of persons of each age group report rela-

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