Finding International Gender Statistics

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Baron_BJ

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Hey, I'm presently writing a paper for a university assignment regarding the Bugis Society's interpretation of gender versus the Australian interpretation, however I've been having trouble finding statistics from either region regarding specific information.

I am unable to find the statistics for how many Australians recognise themselves as Homosexual or Transgendered (They must be seperate stats for Transgendered and Homosexual). I am also incapable of finding statistics on how many people from the Bugis/South Sulawesi consider themselves to be either Homosexual or Calalai/Calabai/Bissu.

I need to compare the two to get a grasp on the groups acceptance within their cultures, their projected numbers (such as whether one group has more "transgendered" (it doesn't really work when comparing them, but it's the best word for it) individuals than another society) and how this may be affected by "nature vs. nurture".

If you've any ideas on where to find sources it would be greatly appreciated.
 

poundingmetal74

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Does Australia have some sort of statistics ministry? Canada has Stats Canada, so maybe you could look into that and give them a call or email someone at their website. Surely there must have been some sort of study / census done.
 

CrystalShadow

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poundingmetal74 said:
Does Australia have some sort of statistics ministry? Canada has Stats Canada, so maybe you could look into that and give them a call or email someone at their website. Surely there must have been some sort of study / census done.
Yes it does: http://www.abs.gov.au

I don't actually know if it helps though. I haven't checked.

I have seen a few statistics from the UK, but given the OP's question, that doesn't really help much.

This isn't really what you're looking for, but this is something I pulled from a quick search of the abs website:

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features10July+2013

It's an article on the prevalence of same-sex couples in Australia.

Maybe there's something else that's more suitable there though?