Demographics and prevalence Bisexuality

kinsey s 1948 work sexual behavior in human male found 46% of male population had engaged in both heterosexual , homosexual activities, or reacted persons of both sexes, in course of adult lives . kinsey himself disliked use of term bisexual describe individuals engage in sexual activity both males , females, preferring use bisexual in original, biological sense hermaphroditic, stating, until demonstrated [that] taste in sexual relation dependent upon individual containing within anatomy both male , female structures, or male , female physiological capacities, unfortunate call such individuals bisexual. janus report on sexual behavior, published in 1993, showed 5 percent of men , 3 percent of women considered bisexual , 4 percent of men , 2 percent of women considered homosexual.

more modern studies estimating demographics bisexuality have varied. 2002 survey in united states national center health statistics found 1.8 percent of men ages 18–44 considered bisexual, 2.3 percent homosexual, , 3.9 percent else . same study found 2.8 percent of women ages 18–44 considered bisexual, 1.3 percent homosexual, , 3.8 percent else . in 2007, article in health section of new york times stated 1.5 percent of american women , 1.7 percent of american men identify [as] bisexual. in 2007, reported 14.4 percent of young women identified not strictly heterosexual , 5.6 percent of men identifying gay or bisexual. study in journal biological psychology in 2011 reported there men identify bisexuals , aroused both men , women. in first large-scale government survey measuring americans sexual orientation, nhis reported in july 2014 0.7 percent of americans identify bisexual.

from anthropological perspective, there large variation in prevalence of bisexuality between different cultures. among tribes, appears non-existent while in others universal, including sambia of new guinea , similar melanesian cultures.