nonprobability quota

Human Rights Campaign

Report on the Experiences of Parents of Transgender and Non-Binary Children · Jan 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
Human Rights Campaign advocacy_left
Sponsor
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Fielded
Jan 2022 – Jun 30, 2022
Population
parents and caregivers of at least one transgender, non-binary, gender-expansive or otherwise non-cisgender child under 18
Sample size
1,480
Sample frame
nonprobability quota
Mode
mixed-methods online study; recruitment method not specified in the report
Margin of error
not disclosed
Weighting
not disclosed
Geography
US national

Sources

Verification note. Percentages from the HRC report page. NONPROBABILITY sample of self-selected parents of trans/nonbinary children recruited through unspecified channels; not projectable. The report publishes no verbatim item wording. Release date recorded as 2024 (the report is titled a 2024 report) with day precision unknown.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (1)

Parental rightsparaphrasedother
parents' support for their trans/nonbinary child, resources used, and reported school bullying

[Verbatim item wording is not published in the report. Items covered: whether the parent was supportive of the child at each step of the child's gender journey; which resources the parent used; whether the child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year; parent anxiety and depression screening.]

Wording reconstructed from: HRC Foundation report page; no instrument published

Used the internet as a resource
63.5%
Child was bullied because of gender identity in the past year
55%
Sought help from a counselor or therapist
50.5%
Attended support groups
42.4%
Parent screened positive for moderate/severe anxiety
22%
Parent screened positive for severe depression
19.9%

Wording notes: self-selected sample of supportive parents; the population reached is unlikely to include unsupportive parents

unclear — no wording published; the recruitment channel almost certainly over-samples affirming parents

Every figure on this page is transcribed from the source linked above. How to read this data →