probability RDD
Lifeway Research
LifeWay Research survey of Americans on gender identity morality · Sep 14–28, 2015 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Lifeway Research advocacy_right
- Sponsor
- LifeWay Research
- Commissioned by
- LifeWay Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)
- Fielded
- Sep 14–28, 2015
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,000
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Mode
- telephone - random digit dialing, 50% landline and 50% cell phone
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.6 percentage points
- Weighting
- maximum quotas and slight weights for gender, region, age, ethnicity and education
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Percentages and methodology read from the LifeWay Research release. Verbatim item wording was not published in the release text retrieved - only LifeWay's own paraphrase of the agree/disagree statements - so question_text_verbatim is false for both items.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (2)
morality of identifying with a gender different from birth sex
It is morally wrong to identify with a gender different from the gender one was born with. [Agree / Disagree / It's not a moral issue]
Wording reconstructed from: LifeWay Research release paraphrase: respondents were asked whether they agree or disagree that identifying with a different gender is morally wrong, with an option to say it is not a moral issue. Exact topline wording not published in the retrieved release.
Disagree / not wrong
45%
Morally wrong
35%
It's not a moral issue
14%
Not sure
6%
Wording notes: morality framing | offers an explicit not-a-moral-issue escape option
loaded_terms — the statement is presented only in the restrictive direction (morally wrong), though the not-a-moral-issue option partially offsets acquiescence
Subgroup figures (4)
morality of medical transition via hormones or surgery
It is morally wrong to change one's birth gender by taking hormones or having surgery. [Agree / Disagree / It's not a moral issue]
Wording reconstructed from: LifeWay Research release paraphrase; exact topline wording not published in the retrieved release.
Disagree / not wrong
43%
Morally wrong
42%
It's not a moral issue
11%
Wording notes: morality framing | offers an explicit not-a-moral-issue escape option
loaded_terms — presented only in the restrictive direction; change the gender you were born with presumes birth sex as the baseline
Subgroup figures (5)