probability RDD
PRRI
PRRI February 2017 survey · Feb 10–19, 2017 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- PRRI academic
- Sponsor
- PRRI
- Fielded
- Feb 10–19, 2017
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 2,031
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Panel
- Ipsos KnowledgePanel
- Mode
- bilingual (Spanish and English) RDD telephone interviews conducted by professional interviewers under the direction of SSRS
- Margin of error
- ±2.6 percentage points
- Weighting
- weighted by PRRI to national population parameters; see the topline's methodology section
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- 1,211 interviews conducted on cell phone
Sources
Verification note. Field dates, N, mode, MoE and the national plus party percentages read from PRRI's own press release. The release describes rather than quotes the item stem, so the wording below is carried from the confirmed 2019 AVA battery text and flagged as not fully verbatim. || Wording and four-point distributions transcribed from the archived PollingReport LGBT page. Fielded in the weeks around the 22 February 2017 rescission of the Obama-era Title IX school guidance. No party crosstab was published on that page. || Field dates, n and MOE from the PRRI press release; four-point topline distributions from the trend tables in the 2025 AVA LGBTQ topline PDF; party breaks on the bathroom item from the press release (reported as nets, not full four-point distributions). || CORRECTION - trend_series reassignment, not a value change. Cells 19/20/22/31/8 (39 favor / 53 oppose) read directly off the 'Feb. 2017' trend row of the PRRI 2025 AVA LGBTQ topline; they match the existing DB record exactly. The DB files this fielding under trend_series 'prri_ava_bathroom_sex_at_birth', so a query on 'prri_bathroom_birth_sex' silently drops it. Reassigned to the canonical series. Response labels also corrected to PRRI's printed column headers (Somewhat favor / Somewhat oppose). Sample size not published in this topline. The existing DB record also carries a duplicated residual row ('Unsure/Refused' 8 AND 'Skipped/Refused' 8) - only one belongs. || WORDING RECOVERY SWEEP. Item text and the Feb. 2017 column read from PRRI's own trend tables (August 2021 AVA Wave 3 LGBTQ topline Q.5a; April 2019 LGBT topline Q.1d).
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
laws requiring bathroom use matching sex at birth
Respondents rate each policy on a strongly favor / favor / oppose / strongly oppose scale.
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Wording reconstructed from: PRRI press release renders it as 'laws that would require transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity'; wording below is the confirmed 2019 AVA battery text and may differ slightly from the 2017 instrument
Favor (net) 39%
Wording notes: favor = restriction | earliest wave in the PRRI bathroom trend and the high-water mark for opposition to restrictions
neutral — restriction described in its own terms with both poles of the contrast named
Subgroup figures (4)
LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing
Now, we would like to get your views on some issues that are being discussed in the country today. Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose [see below] ? ... What about [see below] ?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing
Favor 28%
Wording notes: transgender people are bundled with gay, lesbian and bisexual people rather than asked about separately
neutral — Standard protective-law formulation; 'protect ... against discrimination' is statutory framing rather than persuasive framing.
has a close friend or family member who is transgender
Do you have a close friend or family member who is... [select all that apply]
Do you have a close friend or family member who is... transgender
Yes, close friend or family member (net) 21%
Wording notes: net 'yes' combines close friend and family member
neutral — factual contact item with no evaluative content