perceived discrimination against transgender people, asked within a multi-group battery
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against any of the following groups, or not?
Yes, there is a lot of discrimination (transgender people)
73%
A lot of discrimination - Muslims
73%
A lot of discrimination - Black people
70%
A lot of discrimination - lesbian and gay people
67%
A lot of discrimination - Hispanic people
63%
A lot of discrimination - women
57%
A lot of discrimination - Jews
56%
A lot of discrimination - Asian people
53%
A lot of discrimination - Christians
36%
A lot of discrimination - white people
32%
No, not a lot of discrimination (transgender people)
25%
Wording notes: transgender people are rated alongside nine other groups, so the item measures relative as well as absolute perceived discrimination | binary 'a lot / not a lot' rather than a graded scale
neutral — identical stem applied to every group, which is the cleanest available design for a comparative discrimination measure