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NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationMay 5, 2022 – Dec 20, 2022GSS Next variable NONBINKIDS - parents reporting a transgender or non-binary biological child
Are any of your biological children transgender or non-binary?
Base: includes an AmeriSpeak panel component incorporated through the WTSSNRPS_AS weight
Wording notes: asked only on the GSS Next follow-on; requires the GSS Next-specific weights WTSSPS_NEXT or WTSSNRPS_NEXTcollapses transgender and non-binary into one category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostContact & populationMay 4–17, 2022
personally knowing someone who is transgender
On another topic, people who are transgender identify as a gender that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
On another topic, people who are transgender identify as a gender that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. Aside from acquaintances, do you personally know someone who is transgender, or not? (Select all that apply)
No
60%
Someone else
25%
A close friend
9%
A family member
8%
Myself
3%
NET Yes (know someone transgender) 40%NET Close friend/family 16%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: supplies a neutral definition of transgender before asking, which standardizes the referent'Aside from acquaintances' raises the threshold relative to earlier PRRI trend wording, so the trend comparison printed beneath it is not strictly like-for-like
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Myself
- A close friend
- A family member
- Someone else
- No
- No opinion
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostGeneral acceptanceMay 4–17, 2022
whether greater social acceptance of transgender people is good or bad for society
Do you think the greater social acceptance of transgender people is:
Very good for society
26%
Somewhat good for society
14%
Somewhat bad for society
14%
Very bad for society
11%
Neither good nor bad for society
35%
NET Good for society 40%NET Bad for society 25%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: explicit middle category 'neither good nor bad', which absorbs 35% and depresses both the good and bad sharestrend row is drawn from a Pew Research Center item with different wording, which the topline discloses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very good for society
- Somewhat good for society
- Neither good nor bad for society
- Somewhat bad for society
- Very bad for society
- No opinion
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostSportsMay 4–17, 2022
transgender women and girls competing in women's and girls' sports, by level
Thinking about transgender women and girls - people whose sex was classified as male at birth but who currently identify as female -
Thinking about transgender women and girls - people whose sex was classified as male at birth but who currently identify as female - do you think transgender women and girls should or should not be allowed to compete in sports with other women and girls at each of the following levels?
Professional sports - Should not be allowed
58%
College sports - Should not be allowed
58%
High school sports - Should not be allowed
55%
Youth sports - Should not be allowed
49%
Youth sports - Should be allowed
33%
High school sports - Should be allowed
30%
Professional sports - Should be allowed
28%
College sports - Should be allowed
28%
Youth sports - No opinion
17%
Professional sports - No opinion
15%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: asks only about transgender women and girls, never about transgender men and boysdefines trans women as 'people whose sex was classified as male at birth', foregrounding natal sexoffers an explicit 'no opinion' option, which 15-17% takeasks each competitive level separately, which is a methodological strength - most polls collapse them
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- No opinion
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostSportsMay 4–17, 2022
concern about mental health of transgender girls excluded from youth sports
If transgender girls are not allowed to compete with other girls in youth sports, how concerned are you that the mental health of transgender girls will suffer?
Somewhat concerned
35%
Not too concerned
25%
Not at all concerned
22%
Very concerned
17%
NET Concerned 52%NET Less concerned 48%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: presents the strongest argument against bans and is paired with question 9, which presents the strongest argument for themconditional framing ('If transgender girls are not allowed...') asks respondents to reason about a counterfactual
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very concerned
- Somewhat concerned
- Not too concerned
- Not at all concerned
- No opinion
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostSportsMay 4–17, 2022
perceived competitive advantage of transgender girls in youth sports
If transgender girls are allowed to compete with other girls in youth sports, do you think:
Transgender girls would have a competitive advantage over other girls
68%
Neither would have an advantage
30%
Other girls would have a competitive advantage over transgender girls
2%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: includes a formally symmetric but substantively implausible option ('other girls would have a competitive advantage'), which only 2% chooseasks about perceived advantage rather than about any evidence for it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender girls would have a competitive advantage over other girls
- Other girls would have a competitive advantage over transgender girls
- Neither would have an advantage
- No opinion
WPWashington Post/UMDfor The Washington PostContact & populationMay 4–17, 2022
parents reporting a transgender, non-binary or gender-nonconforming child
Asked of the 64% who said yes to question 10, 'Are you a parent or guardian of a child of any age, including adult children?'
(AMONG PARENTS) Are any of your children: (Select all that apply)
Parent of a transgender child (NET of Q10/Q11)
1%
Parent of a non-binary child (NET of Q10/Q11)
1%
Parent of a gender-nonconforming child (NET of Q10/Q11)
1%
- Sample
- 1,503 adults · plus or minus three percentage points, including design effects due to weighting
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 5 subgroup figures
Base: Unweighted subgroup bases and error margins published: sports fans 1,264 (+/-3.5); parents of children of any age 973 (+/-4); parents of children under 18 442 (+/-6)
Wording notes: places transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming alongside male and female in a single 'select all that apply' list, so the categories are not mutually exclusive
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- Non-binary
- Gender nonconforming
OIOnMessage Inc.for American Principles Project FoundationYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 2022
children under 18; puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones AND physical sex-change surgeries bundled; BAN framing; sponsor is an anti-trans advocacy organization
[Would you support or oppose] a ban on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and physical sex-change surgeries for children under 18
Support a ban
56%
Would not support a ban
34%
- Sample
- likely general election voters · +/- 2.82%
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- Six U.S. Senate battleground states: Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Hampshire
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: BAN framing (support = restrict)uses the contested clinical terms 'cross-sex hormones' and 'physical sex-change surgeries' rather than 'gender-affirming care'bundles three treatments of very different prevalenceexplicit under-18 thresholdsays 'children' rather than 'minors' or 'adolescents'sponsored and released by an organization campaigning for these bans
Response options as the pollster wrote them
OIOnMessage Inc.for American Principles Project FoundationYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 2022
children under 18; agreement that children are too young to decide to 'undergo sex changes'
[Agree or disagree that] children were too young for the decision to undergo sex changes
Agree children are too young
63%
- Sample
- likely general election voters · +/- 2.82%
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- Six U.S. Senate battleground states: Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Hampshire
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: states the conclusion in the stem and asks for assent'sex changes' is the most dated and pejorative treatment description in the fileno treatment, age band or clinical context
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policyApr 28, 2022 – May 2022state laws banning teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity before fourth grade
Moving on...
Recently some states have proposed laws that ban teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students before the fourth grade. Would you favor or oppose this law in your state?
Base: Landline (135) and cellphone (868) interviews
Wording notes: describes the policy only by its age cutoff, not by its enforcement mechanism or private-right-of-action provisionsbundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one object (double-barreled)'discussing ... with students' is broader than the statutory text of the Florida law it references
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleApr 28, 2022 – May 9, 2022discrimination based on gender, gender identity and/or gender expression in the past two years
% LGBTQ experiencing micro or macroaggression discrimination in the past two years based on:
Gender, gender identity and/or gender expression
Base: includes transgender and nonbinary respondents as a reported subgroup; the trans/nonbinary subsample size was not published
Wording notes: uses the term 'micro or macroaggression', which presupposes the respondent accepts that framework
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Sexual orientation
- Gender, gender identity and/or gender expression
- Race or ethnicity
GLAADfor GLAADSurveys of trans peopleparaphrasedApr 28, 2022 – May 9, 2022 feeling unsafe walking in one's own neighborhood, transgender and nonbinary vs all LGBTQ
more than half (54%) of transgender and nonbinary people feel unsafe walking in their own neighborhoods, compared to 36% of all LGBTQ adults
Base: includes transgender and nonbinary respondents as a reported subgroup; the trans/nonbinary subsample size was not published
Wording notes: narrative paraphrase only
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSchool policyApr 27–28, 2022'Don't Say Gay' style bans on classroom discussion for ages 5-9
Please indicate if you support or oppose the following
Please indicate if you support or oppose the following - Laws that ban classroom discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity for children ages 5-9
Base: 437 Democrats, 358 Republicans, 138 Independents.
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one stimulusthe age band 5-9 is the most sympathetic possible framing for the restriction - it corresponds to the K-3 scope of the Florida law'Not sure' offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersNondiscriminationApr 27–28, 2022 omnibus recognition of transgender gender identity across restrooms, sports and birth certificates
Please indicate if you support or oppose the following
Please indicate if you support or oppose the following - Policies that recognize transgender people's gender identity, such as access to public restrooms, sports competitions, and birth certificates
Base: 437 Democrats, 358 Republicans, 138 Independents.
Wording notes: triple-barreled - restrooms, sports competitions and birth certificates are three distinct policy domains with very different levels of public supportsports is the least popular of the three and is bundled in with the two more popular ones, which drags the composite down
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersYouth medical careApr 27–28, 2022 banning doctors from providing transition-related treatment to minors
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Doctors should be banned from providing transgender minors with treatments that help change their physical characteristics to better resemble their gender identity.
Base: 437 Democrats, 358 Republicans, 138 Independents.
Wording notes: agree/disagree format, which is known to produce acquiescence bias toward 'agree'restrictive polarity - agreeing means supporting a ban'treatments that help change their physical characteristics' describes the intervention by its bodily effect rather than by name, and does not distinguish reversible blockers from hormones or surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSportsApr 27–28, 2022 transgender girls in women's sports
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Transgender girls should be allowed to participate in women's sports.
Base: 437 Democrats, 358 Republicans, 138 Independents.
Wording notes: affirming polarity - agreeing means supporting inclusion, the reverse of the youth-medical item beside itcategory mismatch: 'transgender girls' (minors) paired with 'women's sports' (adult category)no level of competition specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSportsApr 27–28, 2022 transgender boys in men's sports
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Transgender boys should be allowed to participate in men's sports.
Base: 437 Democrats, 358 Republicans, 138 Independents.
Wording notes: deliberate mirror of the transgender-girls item - one of the very few instruments in this corpus that asks both directions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Vanderbilt PollSportsApr 26, 2022 – May 14, 2022requiring middle- and high-school students to play on the team matching their sex at birth
Do you (support) or (oppose) requiring students to play on the team that matches their gender at the time of birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: does not use the word 'transgender'; the target group is identified only as students whose current team would not match 'their gender at the time of birth''gender at the time of birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careApr 26, 2022 – May 14, 2022 legislation restricting transgender Americans' access to health care (asked without an age limit)
Overall, do you (support) or (oppose) legislation that would place restrictions on transgender Americans' access to health care? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: says 'transgender Americans' with no age qualifier, so it covers adults and minors together'restrictions on ... access to health care' does not say what would be restricted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Civiqsfor Daily KosPolitical salienceApr 23–26, 2022personal importance of issues involving transgender Americans
Are issues involving transgender Americans important to you?
Wording notes: direction of importance is not specified - a respondent hostile to trans rights and one supportive of them both answer very important
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, very important
- Yes, somewhat important
- No, not very important
- No, not important at all
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosGeneral acceptanceApr 23–26, 2022 whether trans people face discrimination or seek special treatment
Which of the following statements comes closest to your view of transgender people in the United States today? [Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights / Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment / Neither / Unsure]
Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights
43%
Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment
41%
Neither
13%
Unsure
3%
- Sample
- 1,248 registered voters · +/- 2.8% at the 95% confidence level, accounting for the design effect
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Wording notes: special treatment is a hostile frame drawn from opposition rhetoricthe two statements are not logical complements - one describes treatment received, the other imputes motivestatements are of unequal length and specificity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights
- Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment
- Neither
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosYouth medical careApr 23–26, 2022 whether state bans on youth gender-affirming care are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguous - helping whomAs you may know presumes awareness of the legislationdoes not name specific interventions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Helping
- Hurting
- Neither helping nor hurting
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosSportsApr 23–26, 2022 whether state bans on trans youth school sports participation are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from participating on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguousAs you may know presumes awareness of the legislationdeliberately parallel to Q3 so the two policy areas can be compared on identical wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Helping
- Hurting
- Neither helping nor hurting
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaApr 23–26, 2022 LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but morelocalized to your local school districtbundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- Unsure
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSchool policyApr 20–21, 2022whether Florida-style K-3 sexuality instruction bans are discriminatory
Preceded by ISS13_APR ('Do you think that info about sexuality should be taught in schools at kindergarten through third grade levels or should such topics be left to parents to discuss with their young children?') and ISS14_APR ('Would you favor or oppose legislation to prohibit the course instruction about sexuality at kindergarten through third grade levels and leave such discussions to parents?')
Do you believe such legislation is discriminatory against gays and transgender individuals or does it protect the right of parents over their children?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,966.
Wording notes: 'such legislation' refers back to the prior item and is not restatedoffers 'protects the rights of parents' as the only alternative to 'discriminatory', which is not a true oppositeno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Such legislation is discriminatory
- Legislation protects the rights of parents over their children
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSchool policyApr 20–21, 2022 teacher indoctrination on gender identity
Do you think that some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity, or do you think this is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes?
Some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity
59%
This is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes
41%
- Sample
- 1,966 registered voters · not disclosed
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,966.
Wording notes: 'indoctrinate' and 'untested theories' are both loadedthe counter-option attributes the opposing view to a partisan actor ('the right'), making the denial option partisan while the affirmation option is stated as factno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity
- This is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes
Morning ConsultSchool policydata flagApr 20–23, 2022teaching sexual orientation and gender identity in K-12 schools
Do you support or oppose the following topics being taught or discussed in K-12 schools?
Do you support or oppose the following topics being taught or discussed in K-12 schools? Sexual orientation and gender identity
Base: The parent net figures recorded here come from the Morning Consult write-up, which reports a parent subsample of 1,109 with margins of error up to +/-8 points; the crosstab PDF's own parent breaks were not transcribed.
Wording notes: no grade level or age qualifier within K-12, unlike the Florida bill items that specify K-3bundles sexual orientation with gender identityasked inside a battery that also covers evolution, religion, vaccination and the history of slavery, which sets a curriculum-topics frame rather than a culture-war frame
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know / No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceApr 14–22, 2022perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people in the U.S.
Policy Questions
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: battery item - 'Transgender people' is one of ten groups rated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceApr 14–22, 2022 which group faces the most discrimination - transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following groups faces the MOST discrimination in the United States today? [RANDOMIZE 1-10]
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: single-choice forced ranking across ten groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Whites
- Christians
- Gays and Lesbians
- Muslims
- Men
- Asians
- Hispanics
- Women
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Identity beliefsApr 14–22, 2022 whether birth-certificate sex is the only way to define gender
Do you think that the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate should be the only way to define a person's gender?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: binary yes/no on a contested definitional claimno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKPolitical salienceApr 13–21, 2022
trans debate as a most-important issue
In your opinion, which are the most IMPORTANT issues facing the country today? Select the top three
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: trans issue appears as one option in a 17-item list
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Cost of living
- Supporting the NHS
- The war in Ukraine
- Climate change and the environment
- Covid-19
- Affordable housing
- Mental health
- Crime
- Asylum seekers crossing the channel
- Social care for the elderly
- Jobs and unemployment
- Gap between haves and have nots
- Brexit
- Racism in society
- School standards
- The debate about transgender people
- Other (Please specify)
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKSchool policyApr 13–21, 2022
at what stage schools should teach that some people are transgender
When is it appropriate for schools to tell children that...: some people are transgender
During secondary school
29%
During primary school
27%
It's for parents, not schools, to talk about this
22%
This shouldn't be discussed with children
10%
Don't know
12%
- Sample
- 3,140 adults
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- UK national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- During primary school
- During secondary school
- It's for parents, not schools, to talk about this
- This shouldn't be discussed with children
- Don't know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKContact & populationApr 13–21, 2022
knowing a transgender person
Do you know someone who is transgender?
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKGeneral acceptanceApr 13–21, 2022
emotional reaction to a family member coming out as transgender
How would you feel if your child, sibling, or close family member came out as transgender? Select as many as apply
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: multiple-response emotion list with both positive and negative options
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Understanding
- Not bothered
- Relaxed
- Proud
- Sad
- Disappointed
- Fearful
- Happy
- Unbelieving
- Disgusted
- Angry
- Excited
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKSportsApr 13–21, 2022
trans women in women's sporting events
Should a trans woman be able to take part in women's sporting events?
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKBathrooms & facilitiesApr 13–21, 2022
post-operative status and women's toilets
Do you think a transgender woman who has not had gender reassignment surgery should or should not be allowed to...: Use women's toilets
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: conditions the item on surgical statusrandomly assigned split-half
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKBathrooms & facilitiesApr 13–21, 2022
post-operative status and women's changing rooms
Do you think a transgender woman who has not had gender reassignment surgery should or should not be allowed to...: Use women's changing rooms
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: conditions the item on surgical statusrandomly assigned split-half
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKBathrooms & facilitiesApr 13–21, 2022
post-operative status and women's changing rooms
Do you think a transgender woman who has had gender reassignment surgery should or should not be allowed to...: Use women's changing rooms
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: conditions the item on surgical statusrandomly assigned split-half
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKBathrooms & facilitiesApr 13–21, 2022
post-operative status and women's toilets
Do you think a transgender woman who has had gender reassignment surgery should or should not be allowed to...: Use women's toilets
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: conditions the item on surgical statusrandomly assigned split-half
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed
- Should not be allowed
- Don't Know
PFPublic Firstfor More in Common UKSchool policyApr 13–21, 2022
unisex toilets in schools
One solution to people's usage of toilets is to have unisex toilets. Do you support or oppose increasing the availabiltiy of unisex toilets in the following locations: In schools
Base: Four single-sex-space items were randomly assigned to split half-samples (unweighted n=1,602 for the 'has not had surgery' pair and n=1,540 for the 'has had surgery' pair).
Wording notes: stem describes unisex toilets as 'one solution' to the dispute
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Support
- Neither support nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose