What was the sample population used in Kinsey's ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' (1948)?

I am aware that Gebhard and Johnson "cleaned up" the data in 1979 by removing responses from convicts and male prostitutes. According to their work, this did not significantly affect the statistics of Kinsey's work.





Even with the "cleaned" data, the report shows 10% of white men were "more or less exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55". This statistic is largely responsible for the "10% of everyone is gay" rule we see bantered around all the time.





But who were actually interviewed? I have heard that the men consulted for this survey were all college students and staff, a group largely unrepresentative of any larger population.





Is this true? When I was in college, I purposely gave the most outrageous answers I could to any survey offered to me, just for amusement. I would hate to think the results of such a high-profile project might have been swayed by drunks looking to make a joke.

What was the sample population used in Kinsey's ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' (1948)?
Kinsey's data came from 5,300 in-depth, face-to-face interviews. Kinsey's study found that 10% of males were more or less exclusively homosexual.





Later studies, such as the 1993 study The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior which used 2,765 questionnaires, have shown results similar to Kinsey's. The Janus study found that 9% of men were homosexual.
Reply:How can you not trust the results of such a study performed by an entomologist?