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Oregon Values and Beliefs Center
OVBC Monthly Survey - Title IX and Tourism (May 2022) · May 6–19, 2022 · US: Oregon
Methodology
- Pollster
- Oregon Values and Beliefs Center independent
- Sponsor
- Oregon Values and Beliefs Center
- Fielded
- May 6–19, 2022
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,674
- Sample frame
- unknown
- Mode
- online survey, approximately 15 minutes, self-administered
- Margin of error
- ±2.4 percentage points
- Weighting
- weighted by area, gender, age, and education
- Geography
- US: Oregon
Sources
Verification note. Question wording copied verbatim from the OVBC annotated questionnaire (.docx) downloaded from oregonvbc.org; topline percentages and party/gender/ideology crosstabs read directly from the OVBC crosstab tables (.docx). Sample frame not stated on the report page, so recorded as unknown; OVBC describes the instrument as an online survey of Oregonians 18+.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
support for Title IX protecting transgender students from exclusion/discrimination
Some of the issues that Title IX is intended to address can bring up strong feelings for people. We acknowledge this and thank you for your careful thought on these topics.
The current interpretation of Title IX also protects students and those involved with schools that receive federal funding from being excluded or discriminated against if they are transgender. Do you support this aspect of Title IX?
Definitely yes
45%
Lean yes
19%
Definitely no
13%
Lean no
10%
Don't know
13%
Total yes 64%Total no 23%
Wording notes: asked after parallel items on sex-based harassment and sexual orientation | describes current law rather than a proposed change
neutral — neutral descriptive framing of existing legal interpretation; symmetric 4-point support scale with an explicit don't-know option
Subgroup figures (27)
transgender students on school sports teams matching gender identity vs birth gender
Which one of these statements comes closest to your opinion? [ROTATE two statements]
Allowed to play on teams matching current gender identity
41%
Only allowed to play on teams matching birth gender
39%
No opinion, don't know
21%
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' | statement order rotated | explicit no-opinion option offered
neutral — two symmetric statements, order rotated, explicit no-opinion option; 'birth gender' is a contested term but is paired symmetrically with 'current gender identity'
Subgroup figures (23)
opinion change after mental-health information treatment (asked of birth-gender-only respondents)
Base: Transgender students should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
Studies have shown that for transgender youth who are at schools that affirm their gender identity, their risk of poor mental health and suicidality decreases. Considering this, does your opinion change on transgender students and sports?
Wording notes: information treatment / persuasion probe | asked only of respondents who chose the restrictive option at Q13 | one-sided evidence presented
tilts_affirming — by design an experimental persuasion probe: presents affirming research evidence to respondents who took the restrictive position, with no counter-information; the tilt is the measurement instrument rather than an error
Subgroup figures (3)
transgender students using school bathrooms matching gender identity vs birth gender
In a similar vein, which one of these statements comes closest to your opinion? [ROTATE two statements]
Allowed to use bathrooms matching current gender identity
50%
Only allowed to use bathrooms matching birth gender
30%
No opinion, don't know
20%
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' | statement order rotated | explicit no-opinion option offered
neutral — two symmetric statements, order rotated, explicit no-opinion option offered
Subgroup figures (15)
opinion change after mental-health information treatment (asked of birth-gender-only respondents)
Base: Transgender students should only be allowed to use bathrooms that match their birth gender
Studies show that preventing transgender students from accessing bathrooms that match their gender identity is associated with harmful mental health indicators like suicide. Considering this, does your opinion change on transgender students and non-binary students?
Wording notes: information treatment / persuasion probe | asked only of respondents who chose the restrictive option at Q15 | one-sided evidence presented
tilts_affirming — experimental persuasion probe presenting affirming research evidence only to respondents who took the restrictive position; the tilt is the design
Subgroup figures (3)