• Netherlands: openness about sexual orientation among LGBT 2016

This statistic displays the outcome of a survey on the openness about their sexual orientation among LGBT in the Netherlands in 2016. As of 2016, when the Dutch LGBT respondents indicated how open they were about their sexual orientation, roughly 60 percent indicated that pretty much everyone in their environment knows.

Openness about their sexual orientation among LGBT in the Netherlands in 2016*

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Release date

August 2016

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

July 28, 2016 to August 1, 2016

Number of respondents

1,638 respondents

Special properties

only LGBT community

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* This question was originally phrased as: ''You indicated that you are homosexual, bisexual, lesbian or transgender. We would like to hear whether you are 'out of the closet', or not. Please fill this in anonymously. What applies to you?''.

And in Dutch as: ''U heeft aangegeven dat u homoseksueel, bi-seksueel, lesbisch of transgender bent. Graag horen we van u of u al 'uit de kast bent', of niet. Uiteraard vult u dit anoniem in. Wat is op u van toepassing?"