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Rutgers-Eagleton PollSchool policyDec 13–23, 2023whether a teacher should be required BY LAW to tell parents a student is transgender when the student says they do not feel safe coming out
Note: This question was part of a split sample. Half of respondents received L5A and half received L5B.
A student confides in their teacher that they are transgender. The student tells the teacher that they don't feel safe coming out to their parents and asks the teacher to refrain from sharing this information with them. Do you think the teacher should be required by law to ...?
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: vignette specifies the student does not feel safe coming out, which foregrounds a safety considerationvignette specifies the student asked the teacher not to sharelegal-requirement version of a split-sample pair with L5B
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Not tell the student's parents they are transgender
- Don't know
Rutgers-Eagleton PollGeneral acceptanceDec 13–23, 2023 perceived frequency with which transgender children experience bullying, disapproval, mental health problems, harassment and physical abuse
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following?
Depression and anxiety - Frequently
63%
Bullying from other children - Frequently
53%
Verbal harassment - Frequently
51%
Disapproval from their parents - Frequently
37%
Disapproval from their parents - Occasionally
34%
Physical abuse - Occasionally
34%
Disapproval from their teachers - Occasionally
31%
Physical abuse - Frequently
30%
Bullying from other children - Occasionally
26%
Verbal harassment - Occasionally
26%
- Sample
- 1,657 adults · +/- 2.8 percentage points (simple sampling error +/- 2.4, adjusted for a design effect of 1.39)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: New Jersey
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 18 subgroup figures
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: battery of six items measuring perceived victimizationmeasures perception of others' experience, not the respondent's own policy preference
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Never
- Don't know
Rutgers-Eagleton PollContact & populationDec 13–23, 2023 personally knowing someone transgender, or being transgender oneself
Note: This item was recoded due to the "check all" nature, to provide accurate counts for each individual respondent and for statistical analysis purposes. The original check count was: 17 "me," 137 "family member," 168 "close friend," 545 "acquaintance," 825 "no," and 38 "don't know."
To the best of your knowledge, do you personally know someone who identifies as transgender? Please check all that apply.
Does not know someone who is transgender or is not transgender themselves (includes "no" and "don't know")
52%
Knows someone who is transgender and/or is transgender themselves
48%
- Sample
- 1,657 adults · +/- 2.8 percentage points (simple sampling error +/- 2.4, adjusted for a design effect of 1.39)
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: New Jersey
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: registered voter subsample of 1,451 with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points; L5A/L5B were a split sample (n=826 and n=817)
Wording notes: check-all-that-apply, recoded to a binary by the pollster'don't know' responses folded into the negative category by the pollster
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Me
- Family member
- Close friend
- Acquaintance
- No
- Don't know