Mafi yawan kayan da ke ƙasa ana buga su a cikin rahoton bincike. "Lafazin lafazin 'yan luwadi a madadin bayanan kimiyya”. doi:10.12731/978-5-907208-04-9, ISBN 978-5-907208-04-9

Ofaya daga cikin taken taken "LGBT" shine tabbatar da cewa yawancin mutane masu sha'awar luwadi kusan 10% ne - wato, kowane goma. A zahiri, bisa ga manyan binciken zamani da aka gudanar a Amurka da ƙasashen Tarayyar Turai (ma'ana, a cikin ƙasashe inda luwadi ke da cikakken goyon baya da kariya daga kayan gwamnati), yawan mutanen da ke nuna kansu a matsayin 'yan luwadi sun bambanta daga <1% zuwa aƙalla 3 %.