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PRRINondiscriminationAug 25–30, 2023LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q40. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE] [FLIP SCALE 1-4; 4-1]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careAug 25–30, 2023 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q40. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE] [FLIP SCALE 1-4; 4-1]
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPolitical salienceAug 25–30, 2023 how much LGBTQ rights would drive a vote for major political office (LGBTQ-general item, not transgender-specific)
Q12. Thinking about how the following issues might affect your vote for major political offices, would you:
LGBTQ rights
Not see this as a major issue
36%
Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
35%
Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
28%
Skipped/Refused
2%
- Sample
- 2,525 adults · +/- 2.19 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: names 'LGBTQ rights' as a bloc rather than any transgender-specific policydoes not distinguish salience for supporters from salience for opponents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
- Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
- Not see this as a major issue
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIGeneral acceptanceAug 25–30, 2023 whether transgender-rights advocates have gone too far
Q41. How much do you agree with the following statements?
People advocating for the rights of transgender people have gone too far in recent years.
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: 'gone too far' is a restriction-side frame with no matching 'not far enough' optionasked of Form 1 only; Form 2 got the mirror-image discrimination framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely agree
- Mostly agree
- Mostly disagree
- Completely disagree
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIGeneral acceptanceAug 25–30, 2023 whether restricting transgender rights is a form of discrimination
Q41. How much do you agree with the following statements?
Restricting the rights of transgender people is just another form of discrimination.
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: 'just another form of discrimination' is an affirming frame with no matching counter-frameasked of Form 2 only; Form 1 got the 'gone too far' framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely agree
- Mostly agree
- Mostly disagree
- Completely disagree
- Skipped/Refused
PRRISchool policyAug 25–30, 2023 banning discussion of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in public schools
Q44. [education policy battery, four-point favor/oppose]
Banning the discussion of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in public schools
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: 'banning the discussion' is a blunter framing than the statutory language it stands in forbundles sexual orientation and gender identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIGeneral acceptanceAug 25–30, 2023 optimism that Americans of different gender identities can come together to solve the country's problems
Q32. These days, do you feel optimistic or pessimistic that the following groups of Americans can still come together and solve the country's problems?
People who hold a different gender identity
Base: Ipsos KnowledgePanel only - no opt-in supplement. Q41a was asked of Form 1 (N=1,268) and Q41b of Form 2 (N=1,257). PRRI labels this fielding 'Sept. 2023' in its trend tables even though it was in the field August 25-30, 2023; the 'Sept. 2023' rows in the AVA LGBTQ toplines are this survey, distinct from the separate 'Aug. 2023' AVA wave.
Wording notes: measures social cohesion rather than policy attitudes'a different gender identity' is relative to the respondent, so the referent varies
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Optimistic
- Pessimistic
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationAug 2023 – Aug 31, 2023 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q6. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careAug 2023 – Aug 31, 2023 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPolitical salienceAug 2023 – Aug 31, 2023 how much LGBTQ rights would drive a vote for major political office (LGBTQ-general item, not transgender-specific)
Q12. Thinking about how the following issues might affect your vote for major political offices, would you:
LGBTQ rights
Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
39%
Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
30%
Not see this as a major issue
30%
Skipped/Refused
2%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: names 'LGBTQ rights' as a bloc rather than any transgender-specific policydoes not distinguish salience for supporters from salience for opponents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
- Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
- Not see this as a major issue
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJun 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q6. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPolitical saliencedata flagJun 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 how much LGBTQ rights would drive a vote for major political office (LGBTQ-general item, not transgender-specific)
Q12. Thinking about how the following issues might affect your vote for major political offices, would you:
LGBTQ rights
Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
38%
Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
35%
Not see this as a major issue
26%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: names 'LGBTQ rights' as a bloc rather than any transgender-specific policydoes not distinguish salience for supporters from salience for opponents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
- Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
- Not see this as a major issue
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIIdentity beliefsparaphrasedMar 9–23, 2023 whether there are only two gender identities or a range of many
Which comes closer to your view: there are only two gender identities, man and woman, or there is a range of many possible gender identities?
Only two gender identities
65%
Only two gender identities - feel strongly
50%
A range of many gender identities
34%
A range of many gender identities - do not feel strongly
20%
Only two gender identities - do not feel strongly
15%
A range of many gender identities - feel strongly
14%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: forced binary between 'only two' and 'a range of many' with no middle optionintensity is captured with a follow-up, allowing a 4-point read
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only two gender identities - feel strongly
- Only two gender identities - do not feel strongly
- A range of many gender identities - do not feel strongly
- A range of many gender identities - feel strongly
PRRIPronouns & languageparaphrasedMar 9–23, 2023 comfort using gender-neutral pronouns
How comfortable would you be using the gender-neutral pronoun 'they' to refer to someone who asked you to?
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: offers an explicit 'doesn't matter' option, which about a fifth of respondents take
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Comfortable
- Uncomfortable
- It doesn't matter to me
PRRIPronouns & languageparaphrasedMar 9–23, 2023 comfort using pronouns that do not match a person's perceived gender
How comfortable would you be using pronouns that do not match the gender you perceive a person to be?
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: frames the pronoun as mismatched with the respondent's own perception rather than with the person's identity - a framing that measurably depresses comfort relative to the 'they' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Comfortable
- Uncomfortable
- It doesn't matter to me
PRRIIdentity beliefsMar 9–23, 2023 belief that there are only two genders vs. a range of gender identities
When it comes to gender, do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
50%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
20%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
15%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
14%
Skipped/Refused
1%
Only two genders (net) 65%Range of gender identities (net) 34%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: strength of view built into the answer setno middle or 'depends' optionresponse order flipped for half the sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
- Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
- Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
- Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIFeeling thermometersMar 9–23, 2023 comfort with a friend disclosing they are transgender (revised answer set with a 'doesn't matter' option)
Q2. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with a friend telling you the following? [RANDOMIZE]
That they are transgender
Very comfortable
25%
Doesn't matter either way
25%
Somewhat uncomfortable
17%
Somewhat comfortable
16%
Very uncomfortable
16%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: adds a 'Doesn't matter either way' option absent from PRRI's 2019 and 2021 comfort battery, so it is not directly comparable to that trend
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Doesn't matter either way
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPronouns & languageMar 9–23, 2023 comfort with a friend who uses gender-neutral pronouns
Q2. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with a friend telling you the following? [RANDOMIZE]
That they use gender neutral pronouns, for example, using "they" instead of "he" or "she"
Doesn't matter either way
23%
Very uncomfortable
21%
Very comfortable
20%
Somewhat uncomfortable
19%
Somewhat comfortable
15%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: gives a concrete example of the pronoun rather than leaving it abstract
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Doesn't matter either way
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPronouns & languageMar 9–23, 2023 comfort using a friend's pronouns when they do not match the respondent's perception of the friend's appearance
Q2. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with a friend telling you the following? [RANDOMIZE]
That they would like you to use pronouns like "he" or "she" that do not match your perception of their appearance
Very uncomfortable
22%
Very comfortable
21%
Somewhat uncomfortable
21%
Doesn't matter either way
21%
Somewhat comfortable
15%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: anchors the item to the respondent's own visual judgment ('your perception of their appearance')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Doesn't matter either way
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPolitical salienceMar 9–23, 2023 whether Americans spend too much time talking about gender and pronouns
Q3. How well, if at all, do you think each of the following statements describes America today? [RANDOMIZE]
People spend too much time talking about their gender and pronouns
Completely
37%
Somewhat
25%
A little bit
19%
Not at all
18%
Skipped/Refused
1%
Completely or somewhat (net) 62%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: one-sided statement with no counter-statement offered'describes America today' framing invites agreement with a familiar complaint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely
- Somewhat
- A little bit
- Not at all
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIIdentity beliefsMar 9–23, 2023 belief that young people are being peer pressured into being transgender
Q3. How well, if at all, do you think each of the following statements describes America today? [RANDOMIZE]
Young people are being peer pressured into being transgender
Not at all
39%
Completely
22%
Somewhat
21%
A little bit
16%
Skipped/Refused
1%
Completely or somewhat (net) 43%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: states a contested empirical claim (social contagion) as something to be rated for descriptive accuracyno counter-statement offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely
- Somewhat
- A little bit
- Not at all
- Skipped/Refused
PRRISchool policyMar 9–23, 2023 whether public schools give students harmful information about gender and sexual orientation (Form 1)
Q3. How well, if at all, do you think each of the following statements describes America today? [RANDOMIZE]
Public schools are giving students harmful information about gender and sexual orientation
Not at all
34%
Completely
27%
Somewhat
21%
A little bit
15%
Skipped/Refused
2%
Completely or somewhat (net) 48%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: 'harmful' is asserted in the stemForm 1 of a split sample testing an age qualifier
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely
- Somewhat
- A little bit
- Not at all
- Skipped/Refused
PRRISchool policyMar 9–23, 2023 whether public schools give students harmful information about gender and sexual orientation at too young an age (Form 2)
Q3. How well, if at all, do you think each of the following statements describes America today? [RANDOMIZE]
Public schools are giving students harmful information about gender and sexual orientation at to young an age
Not at all
35%
Completely
33%
Somewhat
16%
A little bit
15%
Skipped/Refused
1%
Completely or somewhat (net) 49%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: 'harmful' asserted in the stem plus an age qualifierForm 2 of the split sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Completely
- Somewhat
- A little bit
- Not at all
- Skipped/Refused
PRRISchool policyMar 9–23, 2023 grade level at which schools should discuss that some people do not consider themselves a man or a woman
Q4. Currently, there is a debate about what is appropriate to teach children in public schools about gender, sexuality and sexual education. Please tell us at what point you think it's appropriate for schools to discuss each of these issues, or if it's never appropriate: [RANDOMIZE]
That some people do not consider themselves to be a man or a woman
This topic is never appropriate to teach or discuss in public K-12 schools
36%
In middle school (6th to 8th grade)
26%
In high school (9th to 12th grade)
18%
In later elementary school (3rd to 5th grade)
11%
In early elementary school (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)
7%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: age-graded response set rather than a simple allow/ban binarypreamble names the topic as a 'debate', which cues controversy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In early elementary school (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)
- In later elementary school (3rd to 5th grade)
- In middle school (6th to 8th grade)
- In high school (9th to 12th grade)
- This topic is never appropriate to teach or discuss in public K-12 schools
- Skipped/Refused
PRRISchool policyMar 9–23, 2023 grade level at which schools should discuss that some people are transgender
Q4. Currently, there is a debate about what is appropriate to teach children in public schools about gender, sexuality and sexual education. Please tell us at what point you think it's appropriate for schools to discuss each of these issues, or if it's never appropriate: [RANDOMIZE]
That some people are transgender, in other words not the gender that corresponds to their sex at birth
This topic is never appropriate to teach or discuss in public K-12 schools
34%
In middle school (6th to 8th grade)
27%
In high school (9th to 12th grade)
18%
In later elementary school (3rd to 5th grade)
12%
In early elementary school (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)
8%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- 5,438 adults · +/- 1.5 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: includes a definitional gloss ('not the gender that corresponds to their sex at birth')preamble names the topic as a 'debate'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In early elementary school (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)
- In later elementary school (3rd to 5th grade)
- In middle school (6th to 8th grade)
- In high school (9th to 12th grade)
- This topic is never appropriate to teach or discuss in public K-12 schools
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationMar 9–23, 2023 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q6. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careMar 9–23, 2023 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q6. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIContact & populationMar 9–23, 2023 knows someone who is transgender
Q7. Do you know someone who:
is transgender
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: 'Do you know someone who' is a broader stem than PRRI's earlier 'close friend or family member' wording, so levels are not comparable to the pre-2021 trend
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, another acquaintance
- No
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIContact & populationMar 9–23, 2023 knows someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns
Q7. Do you know someone who:
uses gender neutral pronouns, for example, using "they" rather than "he" or "she"
Base: 5,046 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 392 recruited from opt-in panels. Q3c/Q3d and Q4a-Q4c were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,726; Form 2 N=2,712; Q4a N=1,361; Q4b N=1,365). PRRI labels this fielding 'Mar. 2023' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate March 2023 AVA wave rather than duplicating it. This is PRRI's single richest transgender instrument: it carries the pronoun-comfort items, the social-contagion item, the split-sample school-harm experiment and the age-graded curriculum battery that appear nowhere else in PRRI's series.
Wording notes: multiple response; categories do not sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, another acquaintance
- No
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationparaphrasedMar 9, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023 employment, housing and public accommodation nondiscrimination laws
Do you favor or oppose laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?
Base: 20,799 Ipsos KnowledgePanel + 1,666 opt-in panel recruits
Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationMar 9, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q6. Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Pooled annual AVA dataset: 20,799 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 1,666 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. This is an aggregation of the 2023 monthly waves rather than a single fielding; PRRI's 50-state estimates are published off the pooled file. The Q10d gender-affirming-care row pools only the March and August 2023 waves.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careMar 9, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: Pooled annual AVA dataset: 20,799 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 1,666 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. This is an aggregation of the 2023 monthly waves rather than a single fielding; PRRI's 50-state estimates are published off the pooled file. The Q10d gender-affirming-care row pools only the March and August 2023 waves.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIPolitical salienceMar 9, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023 how much LGBTQ rights would drive a vote for major political office (LGBTQ-general item, not transgender-specific)
Q12. Thinking about how the following issues might affect your vote for major political offices, would you:
LGBTQ rights
Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
38%
Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
30%
Not see this as a major issue
29%
Skipped/Refused
2%
- Sample
- 22,465 adults · +/- 0.82 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Pooled annual AVA dataset: 20,799 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 1,666 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. This is an aggregation of the 2023 monthly waves rather than a single fielding; PRRI's 50-state estimates are published off the pooled file. The Q10d gender-affirming-care row pools only the March and August 2023 waves.
Wording notes: names 'LGBTQ rights' as a bloc rather than any transgender-specific policydoes not distinguish salience for supporters from salience for opponents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only vote for a candidate who shares your views on this issue
- Consider a candidate's position on this issue as just one of many important factors
- Not see this as a major issue
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationMar 9, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023 LGBT nondiscrimination protections
Do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?
Wording notes: names all four groups explicitlylists three specific domains (jobs, public accommodations, housing)battery item with no standalone stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagDec 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIIdentity beliefsSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022 whether there are only two genders or a range of genders
Respondents chose between two statements and then indicated whether they held that view strongly.
There are only two genders (male and female)
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: forced binary between a two-gender and a range-of-genders statement with no middle optionthe 88-point Republican-to-Democrat spread on this item is among the widest of any trans-related measure in the corpus
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- There are only two genders (male and female)
- There is a range of genders
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022 laws requiring bathroom use matching sex at birth
Respondents rate each policy on a strongly favor / favor / oppose / strongly oppose scale.
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: favor = restriction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRIParental rightsSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022 laws preventing parents from allowing a child to receive gender transition care
Laws that would prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: frames the restriction as an intrusion on PARENTS rather than as a protection of minors - the reverse of how ban proponents frame the same policysupport = restrictionproduces markedly lower support for bans than youth-medical items framed around protecting children
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support (net)
- Oppose (net)
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 laws requiring restroom use matching sex assigned at birth ('bathroom bills')
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: uses 'sex at birth' against 'current gender identity'policy stated as a restriction the respondent favors or opposes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused