title: Physical size and sexual orientation: Analysis of the Chinese health and family life survey.
abstract: In the present study, the relationship between physical size and sexual orientation was examined. Participants were men and women comprising the Chinese Health and Family Life Survey (N > 3,500), which employed a national probability sample from China. This survey is important because no research has examined these issues in a representative, non-Western sample. Participants completed self-report measures of height, weight, and sexual orientation. Some evidence was found that men with same-sex inclinations were significantly shorter than heterosexual men. The evidence that women with same-sex inclinations were significantly taller and heavier than heterosexual women was equivocal. The results add modest support to some prior research suggesting that men with same-sex inclinations have a different pattern of growth and development relative to heterosexual comparisons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada, tbogaert@brocku.ca.
authors.forename: Anthony F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bogaert
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors