It is generally believed that sexual orientation and one’s perception of religion have a controversial relationship due to the stigma present in religious views on the LGBTQ+ community. Thus, in one of the studies examining men’s correlation between sexual orientation and their Christian upbringing, the results indicated that men from the LGBTQ+ community had issues accepting their identity due to the fear of wrongdoing and betraying religion (Hinman & Lacefield, 2020). Hence, while those men were implicitly forced to distance themselves from the religious community, it is reasonable to assume that further studies also demonstrate a correlation between these two concepts.
Based on the data demonstrated during the statistical analysis, it has become evident that many individuals who identify themselves as heterosexual (96,2%) have a strong sense of religious affiliation. Conversely, almost half of the bisexual people (24 out of 51 respondents) claim to have no religious affiliation whatsoever. After calculating epsilon, the differences between the highest and the lowest values in the row are as follows: 94.4%, 92.3%, 95.5%, and 86.2%. The principle of epsilon implies that differences higher than 10% demonstrate a strong correlation between the two variables. In the case of the present analysis, the value is significantly higher than 10%. Hence, the hypothesis for the study is “There is a strong correlation between one’s sexual orientation and religious affiliation.” The null hypothesis, for its part, is “There is no correlation between one’s sexual orientation and religious affiliation.” Further analysis is required to justify or reject the hypothesis based on the data represented. However, there is an issue with the overall response rate, as regarding the topic sensitivity, almost 40% of the values are missing.
Reference
Hinman, B. K., & Lacefield, C. (2020). There is an exploration of spirituality and sexuality in men who identified as gay and were raised in a conservative Christian faith. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 29(2), 156-175. Web.