Generational differences in attitudes toward homosexuality

by u/LeninLives

Source
is the World Values Survey longitudinal data (1981-2020). The
questionnaire asks respondents the extent to which they believe
homosexuality is justifiable on a 1-10 scale, where 1 is never justified
and 10 is always justified. I coded youth as those belonging to the
Millennial and Gen Z generation (i.e., anyone born after 1981), and
elders as those in the Baby Boomer generation (1945-1964), then
subtracted the average Boomer response from the average Millennial
response. In countries given the darkest blue shade, there was a gap of 2
points or more between the groups. In the second blue shade, there was a
gap of 1-2, and in the lightest blue shade, there was a gap of 0.3-1.
The “no difference” countries had a difference between 0-0.3. In
Armenia, the only country in which elders were notably more accepting of
homosexuality, the difference was -.31.

EDIT: There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding of the map. The map does not at all indicate the overall level of acceptance for homosexuality. It only indicates whether youth are more accepting of homosexuality relative to their elders.
There are plenty of countries where the population is overall extremely
opposed to homosexuality, but youth are still slightly less opposed
than older people (i.e. Pakistan, Bangladesh, among others), so they are
colored in light blue. This does not necessarily mean youth in these countries are overall very accepting of homosexuality.