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American Family Survey 2022 (Conflict and Consensus in Changing Times) · Aug 8–15, 2022 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- YouGov media
- Sponsor
- Deseret News
- Commissioned by
- Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University
- Fielded
- Aug 8–15, 2022
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 3,000
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- YouGov
- Mode
- online, matched sample on gender, race, age and education (YouGov)
- Margin of error
- +/- 1.9 percentage points
- Weighting
- matched sample on gender, race, age and education
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Sources
Verification note. Question wording and all totals read directly from the 2022 American Family Survey report PDF (Schools & Gender Identity and Teaching About Race, Sex and Gender sections). Parts of the report text are font-mangled on extraction; the question stems recorded here were legible in clean chart headers.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
trans athletes in high school sports
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Transgender athletes should only be able to participate in high school sports as the gender they were assigned at birth.
Wording notes: restrictive position is the agree direction | assigned at birth phrasing | explicit neutral midpoint
neutral — single-statement agree/disagree with an explicit neutral midpoint; both directions are reported, though the restrictive position is the one being agreed to
Subgroup figures (14)
teacher use of students' preferred pronouns
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Public school teachers should use students' preferred pronouns, even if they are different from the student's sex at birth.
Wording notes: sex at birth phrasing | affirming position is the agree direction
neutral — plain statement of the policy with an explicit neutral midpoint
Subgroup figures (4)
school bathroom access
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Public school students should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth.
Wording notes: bathroom of their choice framing rather than matching gender identity | does not name transgender students explicitly
tilts_restrictive — bathroom of their choice, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth implies unconstrained choice by any student rather than access matching a student's gender identity, which tends to depress measured support
Subgroup figures (4)
parental authority over gender-affirming care for minors (split-sample wording experiment)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Parents should be [barred from obtaining / permitted by law to obtain] gender affirming care for their children such as hormone blockers or gender reassignment surgery.
Wording notes: randomized directional split-half | names hormone blockers and gender reassignment surgery explicitly | no age qualifier beyond their children
neutral — explicitly randomized in both directions, which is the design that controls for acquiescence rather than exploiting it
Subgroup figures (8)
best place for children to learn about gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The best place for children to learn about gender identity is at home.
Wording notes: best place ... is at home presupposes a single correct venue
unclear — forcing a single best place excludes the common view that home and school both have a role
Subgroup figures (2)