probability RDD
CBS News/New York Times
CBS News/New York Times Poll · May 13–17, 2016 · US national
Data flag. CHECKED AND CLEAN. An audit agent reported the verbatim wording as truncated mid-word; that was an artifact of the audit sample file, which cut question text at 300 characters (q01 is 305). The stored wording is complete and ends '...the gender they were born as?'. Dates, n, mode and toplines all verified exact. Recorded here so the false positive is not rediscovered.
Methodology
- Pollster
- CBS News/New York Times media
- Sponsor
- CBS News and The New York Times
- Fielded
- May 13–17, 2016
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,300
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Mode
- telephone - random digit dial, live interviewers, dual-frame landline and cell; for landline a respondent was randomly selected from all adults in the household, for cell interviews were conducted with the person who answered; data collection by SSRS of Media, PA
- Margin of error
- ±3 percentage points; error for subgroups may be higher; includes the effects of standard weighting procedures
- Weighting
- weighted to reflect U.S. Census figures on demographic variables
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Verbatim wording and party breaks for the public-bathroom item read from the CBS/NYT topline document (Scribd, question 57). Totals for both items cross-checked against PollingReport's transcription of the same release and against the CBS News write-up. Methodology paragraph copied from the CBS News release. || Both items, including the 'Options rotated' note, transcribed from the archived PollingReport LGBT page 2. Fielded in the days immediately after the 13 May 2016 federal Dear Colleague letter. No party crosstab printed.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
public bathroom access for transgender people
Do you think people who are transgender--that is, someone who identifies themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as-should be allowed to use the public bathrooms of the gender they identify with or should they have to use the public bathrooms of the gender they were born as?
The gender they were born as
46%
The gender they identify with
41%
Don't know/No answer
12%
Wording notes: response options rotated | definitional gloss embedded in the question
neutral — Both alternatives are stated and rotated; the gloss defining 'transgender' is descriptive.
Subgroup figures (9)
who should set school bathroom guidelines for transgender students - federal vs state/local
Do you think guidelines regarding which bathroom transgendered students can use in public schools should be determined by the federal government, or left to each individual state or local government to decide?
State or local government
57%
Federal government
35%
Don't know/No answer
8%
Wording notes: response options rotated | uses the dated term 'transgendered'
neutral — Symmetric federal-vs-local choice; the only loaded element is the dated term 'transgendered'.
Subgroup figures (6)
which public bathroom transgender people should use
Do you think people who are transgender -- that is, someone who identifies themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as -- should be allowed to use the public bathrooms of the gender they identify with or should they have to use the public bathrooms of the gender they were born as?
Born as
46%
Identify with
41%
Unsure/No answer
12%
Wording notes: includes a definitional gloss of 'transgender' in the stem | response order rotated
neutral — Both alternatives fully stated and rotated; 'the gender they were born as' is the era's standard contrast term rather than a loaded one.