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PRRIYouth medical caredata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022laws 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. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
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
PRRIIdentity beliefsdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 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
44%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
22%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
18%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
13%
Skipped/Refused
3%
Only two genders (net) 62%Range of gender identities (net) 35%
- 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. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: strength of view built into the answer setno middle or 'depends' option
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
PRRIContact & populationdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 knows someone who is transgender
Do you know someone who:
is transgender
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: 'Do you know someone who' stem is broader than PRRI's pre-2021 'close friend or family member' wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, another acquaintance
- No
- Skipped/Refused
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagAug 2022 – Aug 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
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJun 2022 – Jun 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.
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
PRRINondiscriminationparaphrasedMar 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 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?
Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagMar 2022 – Mar 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
PRRINondiscriminationMar 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: Pooled annual AVA dataset: 20,603 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 2,381 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. An aggregation of the 2022 monthly waves rather than a single fielding; PRRI's 50-state estimates and party breaks are published off the pooled file. Note that PRRI's own methodology paragraph in this topline mistypes the fielding year as 2021; the cover page and trend labels give March 11 - December 14, 2022.
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
PRRINondiscriminationMar 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 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
PRRIIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 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?
Wording notes: forced binary with no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only two gender identities
- A range of many gender identities
PRRIIdentity beliefsJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 how many genders there are, and how strongly held
[FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]
When it comes to gender, do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
44%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
22%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
18%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
13%
Skipped/Refused
3%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: four-point strength-of-belief scale, not a two-way forced choiceoption order flipped for half the sample [FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]'only two genders, man or woman' vs 'a range of many possible gender identities'
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
PRRIYouth medical careJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 laws barring parents from consenting to a child's gender-transition care
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
Wording notes: restrictive policy is the 'favor' poleframes the ban as acting on parents, not on providers
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careparaphrasedJan 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 minor children; 'medical care for a gender transition'; BAN framing routed through parental authority; first fielding of the PRRI trend
Laws that would prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition [favor or oppose]
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)restricted party is parentsno treatment namedno age threshold beyond 'child'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagNov 2021 – Nov 30, 2021 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
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedAug 9–30, 2021 laws requiring bathroom use matching sex at birth
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: favor = restrictionlast wave in the PRRI trend at which opposition to restrictions still exceeded support
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRIGeneral acceptanceAug 9–30, 2021 perceived change in discrimination experienced by transgender people over the past year
Q4. Over the last 12 months, would you say the amount of discrimination experienced by the following groups has...? [RANDOMIZE]
Transgender people
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: perception of change rather than level
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Increased
- Stayed the same
- Decreased
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRISportsAug 9–30, 2021 transgender boy (listed female at birth) competing with other male students in high school
Q5. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]
Allowing a transgender student who was listed as female on their birth certificate, but now identifies as male, to participate in high school athletic events with other male students
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: identifies the student by birth-certificate sex marker rather than by gendersplit-sample design isolates the direction of transition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRISportsAug 9–30, 2021 transgender girl (listed male at birth) competing with other female students in high school
Q5. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]
Allowing a transgender student who was listed as male on their birth certificate, but now identifies as female, to participate in high school athletic events with other female students
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: identifies the student by birth-certificate sex marker rather than by gendersplit-sample design isolates the direction of transition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q5. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
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
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 belief about whether federal law permits firing or refusing to hire someone for being LGBT
Q6. To the best of your knowledge, is it currently legal or not legal under federal law to do each of the following because a person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
For a business to fire or refuse to hire someone
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: knowledge item, not an attitude itemasked about gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people jointly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legal
- Not legal
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 belief about whether federal law permits housing refusal
Q6. To the best of your knowledge, is it currently legal or not legal under federal law to do each of the following because a person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
For a property owner to refuse to rent a house or apartment to someone
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: knowledge item, not an attitude itemasked about gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people jointly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legal
- Not legal
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 belief about whether federal law permits public-accommodation refusal
Q6. To the best of your knowledge, is it currently legal or not legal under federal law to do each of the following because a person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
For a business owner to refuse to provide products or services to someone
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: knowledge item, not an attitude itemasked about gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people jointly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legal
- Not legal
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 belief about whether federal law permits a health care refusal
Q6. To the best of your knowledge, is it currently legal or not legal under federal law to do each of the following because a person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
For a doctor or other health care professional to refuse to treat someone
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: knowledge item, not an attitude itemasked about gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people jointly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legal
- Not legal
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRINondiscriminationAug 9–30, 2021 belief about whether federal law permits a religious wedding refusal
Q6. To the best of your knowledge, is it currently legal or not legal under federal law to do each of the following because a person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
For a church or religious organization to refuse to perform a wedding for a couple
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: knowledge item, not an attitude itemasked about gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people jointly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Legal
- Not legal
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIFeeling thermometersAug 9–30, 2021 comfort with a close friend disclosing they are transgender
Q7. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with each of the following?
Having a close friend tell you they're transgender
Very comfortable
39%
Somewhat comfortable
30%
Somewhat uncomfortable
22%
Very uncomfortable
8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
1%
Comfortable (net) 69%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: hypothetical social-distance item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRISchool policyAug 9–30, 2021 comfort with a transgender teacher in the local elementary school
Q7. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with each of the following?
Learning that a teacher in your local elementary school is transgender
Very comfortable
36%
Somewhat comfortable
29%
Somewhat uncomfortable
21%
Very uncomfortable
12%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
2%
Comfortable (net) 65%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: hypothetical social-distance item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIParental rightsAug 9–30, 2021 comfort with one's own child disclosing they are transgender
Q7. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with each of the following?
Having your own child tell you they are transgender
Very comfortable
30%
Somewhat comfortable
25%
Somewhat uncomfortable
24%
Very uncomfortable
20%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
2%
Comfortable (net) 55%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: hypothetical social-distance item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIFeeling thermometersAug 9–30, 2021 comfort with a transgender member of one's church or faith community (new in 2021)
Q7. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with each of the following?
Learning someone in your church or faith community is transgender
Very comfortable
38%
Somewhat comfortable
30%
Somewhat uncomfortable
20%
Very uncomfortable
9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
2%
Comfortable (net) 68%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: hypothetical social-distance item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIFeeling thermometersAug 9–30, 2021 comfort with a transgender coworker (new in 2021)
Q7. How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would be with each of the following?
Learning a coworker is transgender
Very comfortable
44%
Somewhat comfortable
31%
Somewhat uncomfortable
18%
Very uncomfortable
6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
2%
Comfortable (net) 75%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: hypothetical social-distance item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Somewhat uncomfortable
- Very uncomfortable
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIIdentity beliefsAug 9–30, 2021 belief that there are only two genders vs. a range of gender identities
Do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
42%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
23%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
17%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
17%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
1%
Only two genders (net) 59%Range of gender identities (net) 40%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: strength of view built into the answer set rather than a follow-upno middle or 'depends' option
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
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRIContact & populationAug 9–30, 2021 has a close friend, family member or acquaintance who is transgender
Q9. Do you have a close friend or family member who is... [select all that apply]
transgender
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: answer set expanded in 2021 with 'Yes, someone else', which breaks comparability with the pre-2021 netmultiple responses accepted; categories do not sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, someone else
- No
PRRIContact & populationAug 9–30, 2021 has a close friend, family member or acquaintance who is nonbinary (new in 2021)
Q9. Do you have a close friend or family member who is... [select all that apply]
nonbinary
No
76%
Yes, someone else
11%
Yes, close friend
4%
Yes, family member
3%
Yes, myself
1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
0%
- Sample
- 5,415 adults · +/- 1.86 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: multiple responses accepted; categories do not sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, someone else
- No
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
PRRISportsAug 9–30, 2021 transgender boy (assigned female at birth) participating with male students in high school athletics
Transgender student who was assigned female at birth but now identifies as male participating with other male students in high school athletic events
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: asks about a transgender BOY joining a boys' team - the reverse of the usual framingexplicitly specifies high school athleticsuses 'assigned female at birth but now identifies as male'4-point scale, no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedAug 9–30, 2021 requiring transgender people to use bathrooms matching sex assigned at birth
Require transgender people to use bathrooms consistent with their sex assigned at birth
Base: 5,032 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 383 recruited by Ipsos from opt-in panels to raise small-state sample sizes. Q.5b and Q.5e were split-sample (Form 1 N=2,704; Form 2 N=2,711). Unweighted party n: Republican 1,460, independent 1,700, Democrat 1,800.
Wording notes: uses 'sex assigned at birth'bathrooms onlywording only approximately verified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJun 2021 – Jun 30, 2021 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
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagMar 2021 – Mar 31, 2021 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
PRRIGeneral acceptanceJan 15–18, 2021 perceived discrimination against transgender people, asked within a multi-group battery
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Yes, there is a lot of discrimination (transgender people)
73%
A lot of discrimination - Muslims
73%
A lot of discrimination - Black people
70%
A lot of discrimination - lesbian and gay people
67%
A lot of discrimination - Hispanic people
63%
A lot of discrimination - women
57%
A lot of discrimination - Jews
56%
A lot of discrimination - Asian people
53%
A lot of discrimination - Christians
36%
A lot of discrimination - white people
32%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: transgender people are rated alongside nine other groups, so the item measures relative as well as absolute perceived discriminationbinary 'a lot / not a lot' rather than a graded scale
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, there is a lot of discrimination
- No, not a lot of discrimination
PRRIIdentity beliefsparaphrasedJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 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?
Wording notes: forced binary with no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only two gender identities
- A range of many gender identities
PRRIIdentity beliefsJan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 how many genders there are, and how strongly held
[FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]
When it comes to gender, do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
42%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
23%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
17%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
17%
Skipped/Refused
1%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: four-point strength-of-belief scale, not a two-way forced choiceoption order flipped for half the sample [FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]'only two genders, man or woman' vs 'a range of many possible gender identities'
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
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJan 2021 – Jan 31, 2021 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