Transgender Polling Archive

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2 questions from 1 poll

Research New Zealandfor National Council of Women of New ZealandFeeling thermometersparaphrasedMay 12–23, 2025
comfort with trans men and trans women in everyday roles (work colleague, parent, and other situations)

Whether respondents were comfortable with trans men and trans women in various situations.

Comfortable with non-binary people (all situations, floor)
79%
Comfortable with trans people (highest situation asked)
70%
Comfortable with trans people (lowest situation asked)
61%
Sample
1,250 adults · maximum margin of error of +/-2.9% at the 95% confidence level on the total weighted sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
New Zealand national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: New Zealanders aged 18 and over; Maori and Pacific peoples were deliberately over-sampled and the results weighted to correct for it

Wording notes: asked as part of a longer battery covering gay men, lesbians, bisexual people, non-binary people, trans men and trans womenper-situation figures published only as graphics
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Comfortable
  • Not comfortable
Research New Zealandfor National Council of Women of New ZealandSchool policyparaphrasedMay 12–23, 2025
school year at which teaching about gender diversity should be introduced

Opinion relating to when teaching about gender diversity should be introduced in schools.

Years 7-8 (Aged 11-12)
22%
Years 9-11 (Aged 13-15)
22%
There should be no such information included in any years
21%
Years 12-13 (Aged 16-17)
14%
Years 0-6 (Aged 5-10)
13%
Don't know
8%
Sample
1,250 adults · maximum margin of error of +/-2.9% at the 95% confidence level on the total weighted sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
New Zealand national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 4 subgroup figures

Base: New Zealanders aged 18 and over; Maori and Pacific peoples were deliberately over-sampled and the results weighted to correct for it

Wording notes: offers an explicit 'no such information in any years' option, which is the restrictive response
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Years 0-6 (Aged 5-10)
  • Years 7-8 (Aged 11-12)
  • Years 9-11 (Aged 13-15)
  • Years 12-13 (Aged 16-17)
  • There should be no such information included in any years
  • Don't know

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