probability panel
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center American Trends Panel Wave 38 (September 2018) - gender-neutral pronouns items · Sep 24, 2018 – Oct 7, 2018 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Pew Research Center independent
- Sponsor
- Pew Research Center
- Fielded
- Sep 24, 2018 – Oct 7, 2018
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 10,682
- Sample frame
- probability panel
- Panel
- Pew Research Center American Trends Panel
- Mode
- self-administered online survey (tablets and internet provided to panelists without home internet)
- Margin of error
- ±1.5 percentage points
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- PRONKNOW asked only of the 6,942 respondents who had heard at least a little about gender-neutral pronouns.
Sources
Verification note. Percentages read directly from Pew's Wave 38 gender-neutral pronouns final topline PDF. Party crosstabs were not published on that topline; the accompanying short read broke results out by generation only.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
awareness of gender-neutral pronouns
On another topic... Some people who don't identify as either a man or a woman may prefer that others use gender-neutral pronouns such as "they" instead of "he" or "she" when referring to them.
How much, if anything, have you heard about people preferring that others use gender-neutral pronouns such as "they" instead of "he" or "she" when referring to them?
Nothing at all
39%
A little
38%
A lot
22%
No answer
1%
Wording notes: definition supplied in preamble
neutral — awareness item with neutral descriptive preamble
knows someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns
Do you personally know anyone who prefers that others use gender-neutral pronouns such as "they" instead of "he" or "she" when referring to them?
Heard a lot/a little AND doesn't know anyone who prefers gender-neutral pronouns
42%
Heard nothing at all
39%
Heard a lot/a little AND knows someone who prefers gender-neutral pronouns
18%
Wording notes: asked only of those who had heard a lot/a little (n=6,942); the combo table rebases to total
neutral — factual contact item
Subgroup figures (2)
comfort using a gender-neutral pronoun on request
How comfortable, if at all, would you feel using a gender-neutral pronoun to refer to someone if they asked you to do so?
Very comfortable
27%
Somewhat comfortable
25%
Somewhat uncomfortable
24%
Very uncomfortable
23%
No answer
1%
Wording notes: response option order reversed for a random half | no middle/neutral option
neutral — balanced 4-point comfort scale with order rotation