Transgender Polling Archive
probability panel

PRRI

PRRI 2021 survey (gender-identity trend fielding) · Jan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
PRRI independent
Sponsor
PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute)
Fielded
Jan 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
Population
adults
Sample size
—
Sample frame
probability panel
Panel
Ipsos KnowledgePanel
Mode
online - Ipsos KnowledgePanel
Margin of error
not disclosed
Weighting
weighted by PRRI to national population parameters; see the topline's methodology section
Geography
US national

Sources

Verification note. 2021 values (59% only two / 40% many) retrieved from the trend chart in PRRI's May 2023 report; exact field dates, sample size and margin of error for the 2021 asking were not retrieved, so dates are recorded at year precision || WORDING RECOVERY SWEEP AND MATERIAL CORRECTION. Stem and options are PRRI's verbatim Q1 four-point scale. NOTE ON DATE: PRRI's trend labels this fielding 'Aug. 2021'; the database record is dated 2021-01-01, which appears to be wrong.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (2)

Identity beliefsparaphrasedforced choicein a trend series
whether there are only two gender identities or a range of many

Which comes closer to your view: there are only two gender identities, man and woman, or there is a range of many possible gender identities?

Wording reconstructed from: reconstructed from PRRI's description of its trend item

Only two gender identities
59%
A range of many gender identities
40%

Wording notes: forced binary with no middle option

neutral — both positions stated

Identity beliefs4-point scalein a trend series
how many genders there are, and how strongly held

[FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1]

When it comes to gender, do you ...

Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
42%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
23%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
17%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
17%
Skipped/Refused
1%

Wording notes: four-point strength-of-belief scale, not a two-way forced choice | option order flipped for half the sample [FLIP ORDER 1-4;4-1] | 'only two genders, man or woman' vs 'a range of many possible gender identities'

neutral — symmetric ladder: two restrictive options and two affirming options, each split by strength, with order rotation; the design measures intensity as well as direction

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