In your opinion, how much discrimination do transgender people face in our society?
neutral — descriptive perception item with a symmetric scale
Ipsos LGBT+ Pride 2023 Global Survey (Global Advisor) · Feb 17, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023 · 30-country multinational (Ipsos Global Advisor)
Verification note. All figures read directly from the country-by-country chart slides (pp. 33-39) of the Ipsos LGBT+ Pride 2023 Global Survey Report PDF, extracted with pdftotext in reading order.
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In your opinion, how much discrimination do transgender people face in our society?
neutral — descriptive perception item with a symmetric scale
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to businesses such as restaurants and stores
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence bias
neutral — single-statement agree/disagree; wording is descriptive but the agree/disagree format tends to inflate agreement
| Group | Strongly/somewhat agree |
|---|---|
| United States | 72% |
| Great Britain | 77% |
| Canada | 78% |
| Australia | 79% |
| New Zealand | 84% |
| Ireland | 80% |
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
With parental consent, transgender teenagers should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care (e.g., counseling and hormone replacement treatment)
Wording notes: specifies parental consent | examples limit the treatments to counseling and hormones, excluding surgery
neutral — the parental-consent condition and the counseling/hormone examples make the item easier to endorse than an unqualified minors-care item, but this is stated openly rather than concealed
| Group | Strongly/somewhat agree | Strongly/somewhat disagree |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 45% | 42% |
| Great Britain | 47% | 35% |
| Canada | 58% | 28% |
| Australia | 57% | 32% |
| New Zealand | 59% | — |
| Ireland | 60% | — |
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with
Wording notes: uses 'the gender they identify with'
neutral — descriptive statement of the affirming position without a stated counter-argument
| Group | Strongly/somewhat agree |
|---|---|
| United States | 40% |
| Great Britain | 40% |
| Canada | 51% |
| Australia | 53% |
| New Zealand | 55% |
| Ireland | 48% |
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Government-issued documents such as passports should include an option other than "male" and "female" for people who do not identify as either
neutral — descriptive statement of the policy without a stated counter-argument
| Group | Strongly/somewhat agree |
|---|---|
| United States | 41% |
| Great Britain | 47% |
| Canada | 49% |
| Australia | 52% |
| New Zealand | 54% |
| Ireland | 53% |
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Health insurance systems should cover the costs of gender transition no differently than the costs of other medical procedures
Wording notes: parity framing ('no differently than')
neutral — parity framing is the natural way to state the policy; no counter-argument offered
| Group | Strongly/somewhat agree |
|---|---|
| United States | 37% |
| Great Britain | 36% |
| Canada | 40% |
| Australia | 45% |
| New Zealand | 39% |
| Ireland | 48% |
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