In each of these countries, the practice is legal. At least eight-in-ten adults support it in Sweden (92%), the Netherlands (89%), Spain (87%), France (82%) and Germany (80%). People in Western Europe stand out as staunch supporters of same-sex marriage. How attitudes about same-sex marriage vary geographically The analysis looks at how attitudes vary by geography, demographic factors, political ideology and religion, as well as how views have changed over time. Related: In places where same-sex marriages are legal, how many married same-sex couples are there?īelow is a closer look at how attitudes about same-sex marriage differ around the world, based on the new survey. Similarly, nearly three-quarters (73%) of Americans under the age of 40 say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally – 16 percentage points higher than the share of Americans 40 and older who agree (57%). But views are highly fractured along political and demographic lines.įor example, Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party are nearly twice as likely as Republicans and Republican leaners to support same-sex marriage rights (82% vs. In the United States, where the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally in 2015, 63% of adults support it and 34% oppose it. Here are the questions used for the analysis, along with responses, and the survey methodology. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. In the United States, we surveyed 3,576 U.S.
In Australia, we used a mixed-mode probability-based online panel. Surveys were conducted face-to-face in Hungary, Poland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. All surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. data, this analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 27,285 adults conducted from Feb. This is the first year since 2019 that the Global Attitudes Survey has included countries from Africa and Latin America, which were not included more recently due to the coronavirus outbreak.įor non-U.S. This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of the legality of same-sex marriage in 24 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
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