mixed-mode probability
Eagleton Center
Rutgers-Eagleton Poll · Dec 13–23, 2023 · US: New Jersey
Methodology
- Pollster
- Eagleton Center academic
- Sponsor
- Eagleton Institute of Politics
- Fielded
- Dec 13–23, 2023
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,657
- Sample frame
- mixed-mode probability
- Panel
- Rutgers-Eagleton/SSRS Garden State Panel
- Mode
- multiple modes - live interviewer on landline and cell phone, MMS text invitation to web, and the probability-based Rutgers-Eagleton/SSRS Garden State Panel
- Margin of error
- +/- 2.8 percentage points (full sample)
- Weighting
- weighted results (percentages reported as weighted; unweighted Ns shown in tables)
- Geography
- US: New Jersey
- Base notes
- registered voter subsample of 1,451 (MoE +/- 3.0); split-sample items L5A/L5B have unweighted Ns of 826 and 817
Sources
Verification note. All wording and percentages read directly from the release's Questions and Tables section. Party breaks for L5B beyond the 'tell' row were not separable from the PDF text layer.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (8)
legal requirement that a teacher out a transgender student to parents (split-sample form A)
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 ...?
Not tell the student's parents they are transgender
54%
Tell the student's parents they are transgender
31%
Don't know
15%
Wording notes: vignette specifies the student does not feel safe coming out | split-sample experiment isolating 'required by law' vs 'should'
tilts_affirming — the vignette stipulates the student's safety concern and an explicit request for confidentiality, which foregrounds the harm of disclosure; the response alternatives themselves are symmetric
Subgroup figures (6)
knowing a transgender person
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%
Wording notes: check-all-that-apply; released figures are a recode into a yes/no dichotomy
neutral — standard contact-measurement item
Subgroup figures (5)
perceived frequency of bullying experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Bullying from other children
Frequently
53%
Occasionally
26%
Rarely
6%
Never
3%
Don't know
12%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale
Subgroup figures (3)
perceived frequency of depression and anxiety among transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Depression and anxiety
Frequently
63%
Occasionally
20%
Rarely
3%
Never
2%
Don't know
12%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale
perceived frequency of verbal harassment of transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Verbal harassment
Frequently
51%
Occasionally
26%
Rarely
7%
Never
3%
Don't know
13%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale
perceived frequency of physical abuse of transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Physical abuse
Occasionally
34%
Frequently
30%
Rarely
14%
Never
4%
Don't know
19%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale
perceived frequency of parental disapproval experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Disapproval from their parents
Frequently
37%
Occasionally
34%
Rarely
9%
Never
3%
Don't know
17%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale
perceived frequency of teacher disapproval experienced by transgender children
How often do you think that children who identify as transgender experience the following? - Disapproval from their teachers
Occasionally
31%
Frequently
20%
Rarely
20%
Never
7%
Don't know
21%
Wording notes: battery of six perceived-harm items
neutral — perception item with a full frequency scale