academic research teamMilitary servicedata flagAug 2017 – Mar 31, 2018
whether transgender people should be allowed to serve
Should transgender people be allowed to serve in the military?
Yes, should be allowed to serve
66%
- Sample
- 486 active-duty service members (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national (U.S. armed forces)
- Source
- Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 7 subgroup figures
Base: 41% soldiers, 35% airmen, 14% sailors, 9% Marines; 57% white, 60% heterosexual, 66% male; ages 18-54
Wording notes: 'unsure' responses were recoded as 'no' by the researchers, which depresses the support figure
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Unsure
- Decline to answer