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HPHarris Poll
GLAAD Accelerating Acceptance 2017 (2016 fielding) · Nov 2–4, 2016 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Harris Poll commercial
- Sponsor
- GLAAD
- Commissioned by
- GLAAD
- Fielded
- Nov 2–4, 2016
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 2,037
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- Harris Poll Online panel
- Mode
- online survey conducted within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of GLAAD
- Margin of error
- not applicable - not a probability sample
- Weighting
- not published; GLAAD refers requests for weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes to its communications staff
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- The 2017 report says 1,708 self-identified as heterosexual (the non-LGBTQ sample) and 100 respondents were unclassified because they declined the gender identity and sexual orientation questions; the 2018 report gives 1,692 as the non-LGBTQ base. LGBTQ classification changed in this wave: two distinct questions (sexual orientation, gender identity) replaced the earlier single item.
Sources
Verification note. Percentages and the methodology paragraph read directly from the Accelerating Acceptance 2017 PDF. Note the naming convention: the report titled 2017 reports a survey fielded November 2-4, 2016, so it is dated here by fielding. GLAAD publishes no topline and no question wording, so the identification item below is recorded from the report's narrative and flagged non-verbatim. || All percentages read directly from the Accelerating Acceptance 2017 report PDF. This wave is the first in the series with published gender-identity self-ID and trans-contact breakdowns.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
self-identification as transgender or gender nonconforming, by generation
[Wording not published - the report states that 12% of Millennials 'identify as transgender or gender nonconforming, meaning they do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth or their gender expression is different from conventional expectations of masculinity and femininity']
Wording reconstructed from: Accelerating Acceptance 2017 PDF, section 1. GLAAD/Harris do not publish the administered gender-identity item; only this descriptive gloss appears.
Wording notes: combines transgender and gender-nonconforming identification into one reported figure | definition supplied by the report author, not necessarily by the questionnaire
unclear — no administered wording is published, so the stimulus cannot be assessed; the 12% Millennial figure is far above probability-sample estimates of the same period and the report supplies no way to check why
Subgroup figures (2)
self-identified gender identity, by age group
Sexual orientation & gender identity by age group [gender identity response set: Cisgender / Transgender / Gender fluid / Bigender / Genderqueer / Agender / Unsure or questioning]
Wording reconstructed from: Accelerating Acceptance 2017 report PDF, p.4 chart labels. GLAAD reports only the chart's response categories, not the literal question stem.
Wording notes: response set offers seven gender-identity categories, far more granular than most public polls
neutral — A self-identification item with an inclusive response list; no evaluative language.
Subgroup figures (5)
knowing someone who is transgender / gender fluid / bigender / genderqueer / agender
% of people who know someone who is: [Gay or Lesbian / Bisexual / Transgender / Queer / Asexual / Pansexual / Gender fluid / Bigender / Genderqueer / Agender / Unsure of or questioning gender]
Wording reconstructed from: Accelerating Acceptance 2017 report PDF, p.4 chart title and item labels. The literal stem was not printed.
Know someone who is transgender
16%
Know someone who is unsure of or questioning their gender
9%
Know someone who is gender fluid
5%
Know someone who is bigender
4%
Know someone who is genderqueer
3%
Know someone who is agender
2%
neutral — Bare contact battery.
Subgroup figures (4)