Are attitudes about homosexuality related to age? Does the relationship vary by nation? The bivariate relationship between age and approval of homosexuality are presented for Canada and the United States, along with the bivariate gammas. For both nations, there is a weak, negative relationship. Given the way the variable was scored, the negative direction means that approval decreases as age increases.

Are the bivariate relationships affected by gender?

For each partial table, find gamma and write a paragraph of analysis comparing the partial gammas to the bivariate gammas. Does the relationship between age and approval change from nation to nation? How?

(HINT: It will be easier to analyze the relationship and trace the effects of controlling for sex by getting percentages for all tables.)

a. Approval of homosexuality by age (Canada):