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Marist Pollfor WGBH BostonBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedMay 12–14, 2016equal rights for transgender people in public restrooms
While nearly two-thirds of residents, 64%, report transgender people should have equal rights in this area, 27% do not think they should receive equal protection under the law when it comes to public restrooms.
Should have equal rights in public restrooms
64%
Should not receive equal protection under the law in public restrooms
27%
- Sample
- 507 adults · ±4.4 percentage points; the error margin was not adjusted for sample weights and increases for cross-tabulations
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 86% of the sample were national registered voters; banner crosstabs are reported for adults
Wording notes: abstract 'equal rights' framing rather than a concrete access rule
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should have equal rights in public restrooms
- Should not
Marist Pollfor WGBH BostonBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedMay 12–14, 2016 whether public restrooms should be sex-separated or gender neutral
On the question of whether public restrooms should be gender neutral, six in ten Americans, 60%, think restrooms should be separated as male and female and should not be gender neutral. 31% say public bathrooms should be gender neutral for anyone to use.
Base: 86% of the sample were national registered voters; banner crosstabs are reported for adults
Wording notes: does not mention transgender people in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Separated as male and female, not gender neutral
- Gender neutral for anyone to use
Marist Pollfor WGBH BostonBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedMay 12–14, 2016 whether transgender people may choose the restroom matching their identity
Should transgender and gender fluid individuals be allowed to choose the public restroom with which they identify? Americans divide. 43% report individuals should be allowed to make that decision while 44% say transgender people should use the bathroom that correlates with the sex on his or her birth certificate.
Should use the bathroom matching the sex on their birth certificate
44%
Should be allowed to choose the restroom with which they identify
43%
- Sample
- 507 adults · ±4.4 percentage points; the error margin was not adjusted for sample weights and increases for cross-tabulations
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 7 subgroup figures
Base: 86% of the sample were national registered voters; banner crosstabs are reported for adults
Wording notes: concrete access rule stated on both sides
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed to choose the public restroom with which they identify
- Should use the bathroom that correlates with the sex on his or her birth certificate
Marist Pollfor WGBH BostonContact & populationparaphrasedMay 12–14, 2016 knowing a transgender or gender fluid person
Close to six in ten Americans, 59%, say they do not know someone who is transgender or gender fluid. A notable 39% of the American public say they do.
No
59%
Yes, know someone who is transgender or gender fluid
39%
- Sample
- 507 adults · ±4.4 percentage points; the error margin was not adjusted for sample weights and increases for cross-tabulations
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 86% of the sample were national registered voters; banner crosstabs are reported for adults
Wording notes: combines 'transgender' and 'gender fluid' into one screen
Response options as the pollster wrote them