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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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