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Ipsos poll: Gender identity and sexual orientation differences by generation · Feb 22–23, 2021 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
Ipsos commercial
Sponsor
Ipsos
Fielded
Feb 22–23, 2021
Population
adults
Sample size
1,005
Sample frame
online opt-in
Panel
Ipsos online panel
Mode
online - self-administered web survey; sample drawn from Ipsos's online panel and partner sources
Margin of error
Credibility interval of +/- 3.5 percentage points for all respondents; Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
Weighting
Raking-ratio calibration to U.S. population targets on standard demographics (the release does not enumerate the weighting variables)
Geography
US national
Base notes
Generational bases: Gen Z N=104 (small - interpret with caution), Millennials N=268, Gen X N=287, Boomers+ N=346. Results are reported by generation only; no party breaks are published.

Sources

Verification note. Full 5-page Ipsos topline retrieved and text-extracted. This is a self-identification measurement rather than an attitude poll: the transgender figure below is the share of respondents who selected 'Transgender' when asked how they currently describe themselves. It is recorded because population-share estimates are load-bearing in this corpus - claims about how many trans people exist are routinely deployed in policy argument - and because the generational gradient is the substantive finding. Gen Z base is only 104, so that 2% rests on roughly two respondents and should not be treated as a stable estimate.

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

Questions asked (1)

Contact & populationforced choicein a trend series
share of adults describing themselves as transgender, by generation

How do you currently describe yourself?

Female
52%
Male
47%
Transgender
1%
In another way
0%
Prefer not to say
0%

Wording notes: the response set treats 'Transgender' as an alternative to 'Male' and 'Female' rather than as a modifier, so a trans man who describes himself simply as male is counted in the Male column - this design structurally undercounts trans respondents | single-select, so respondents cannot indicate both | 'In another way' is offered but drew 0-1% | very small Gen Z base (N=104)

unclear — Not slanted, but the measurement design is the problem. Offering 'Transgender' as a third option alongside 'Male' and 'Female' forces a choice between gender and trans status, and most trans people identify as male or female. Estimates produced this way are therefore a floor, not a population share, and they are not comparable to two-step measures that ask sex assigned at birth and current gender separately. Recorded with that caveat rather than as a prevalence estimate.

Subgroup figures (6)

age

GroupTransgenderIn another way
Gen Z2%1%
Millennials2%0%
Gen X0%—
Boomers +0%—

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