online opt-in
Ipsos
Ipsos survey of British attitudes to transgender people · Jun 26–29, 2020 · UK national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Ipsos commercial
- Sponsor
- Ipsos MORI
- Fielded
- Jun 26–29, 2020
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,078
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Mode
- online
- Margin of error
- not disclosed
- Weighting
- data weighted to match the profile of the population
- Geography
- UK national
- Base notes
- British adults aged 18-75
Sources
Verification note. Percentages taken from Ipsos's own news release text; fieldwork dates and sample size from the release's technical note (the note prints the age range as '1875', i.e. 18-75, and the dates as '26th June-29nd June 2020'). Ipsos did not publish a topline PDF at this URL, so the verbatim item wording could not be confirmed for every question and is flagged per item.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
perceived discrimination against transgender people in Britain
How much discrimination, if any, do you think transgender people face in Britain?
Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from Ipsos's release text ('70% of Britons believe that transgender people face discrimination, with a quarter (26%) saying they face a great deal'); no topline was published at this URL
Face discrimination (net) 70%
unclear — verbatim wording not published; assessment cannot be made from the release text alone
whether gender identity must be linked to biological sex
Which of these comes closest to your view: gender identity does not have to be directly linked to biological sex, or gender and biological sex are always linked?
Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from Ipsos's release text; no topline was published at this URL
Gender identity doesn't have to be directly linked to biological sex
54%
Gender and biological sex are always linked
30%
Don't know
14%
unclear — verbatim wording not published
Subgroup figures (2)
whether transgender rights have gone too far
Do you think transgender rights in Britain have gone too far, not gone far enough, or gone as far as they should?
Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from Ipsos's release text; no topline was published at this URL
Not gone far enough
33%
Gone as far as they should
21%
Gone too far
19%
Don't know
25%
unclear — verbatim wording not published
Subgroup figures (4)
public facilities matching gender identity
To what extent do you support or oppose the rights of transgender people to use public facilities that match their gender identity (e.g. toilets or changing rooms)?
Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from Ipsos's release text; no topline was published at this URL
unclear — verbatim wording not published
Subgroup figures (6)
comfort with transgender people in various roles
How comfortable or uncomfortable would you feel if... a close friend or relative was transgender / your GP was transgender / a future Prime Minister was transgender?
Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from Ipsos's release text; no topline was published at this URL
Comfortable - close friend or relative was transgender
56%
Comfortable - GP was transgender
51%
Comfortable - future Prime Minister was transgender
47%
Uncomfortable - GP was transgender
22%
Uncomfortable - future Prime Minister was transgender
21%
Uncomfortable - close friend or relative was transgender
18%
Wording notes: social-distance battery
unclear — verbatim wording not published
Subgroup figures (4)