National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 4 (2013)

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SSMARRIAGE_W4

SSMARRIAGE: Gallup1: Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?
  1) Should be legal
  2) Should not be legal
  3) Don't know

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Should be legal 1365 64.4% 64.4% -0.68
Should not be legal 494 23.3% 87.7% 0.74
Don't know 260 12.3% 100.0% 2.16

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

20-23 24-27 28-33 TOTAL
Should be legal 70.4%
50
64.7%
1089
61.7%
226
64.4%
1365
Should not be legal 21.1%
15
23.5%
395
23.0%
84
23.3%
494
Don't know 8.5%
6
11.8%
198
15.3%
56
12.3%
260
TOTAL 100.0%
71
100.0%
1682
100.0%
366

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Hispanic Other race TOTAL
Should be legal 64.9%
1009
53.2%
133
65.6%
122
80.5%
91
64.4%
1355
Should not be legal 23.8%
370
27.2%
68
20.4%
38
12.4%
14
23.3%
490
Don't know 11.3%
176
19.6%
49
14.0%
26
7.1%
8
12.3%
259
TOTAL 100.0%
1555
100.0%
250
100.0%
186
100.0%
113

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Region (I-REGION)

Midwest Northeast South West TOTAL
Should be legal 67.6%
331
76.8%
251
56.1%
472
67.4%
304
64.4%
1358
Should not be legal 21.2%
104
11.3%
37
30.5%
257
20.8%
94
23.3%
492
Don't know 11.2%
55
11.9%
39
13.4%
113
11.8%
53
12.3%
260
TOTAL 100.0%
490
100.0%
327
100.0%
842
100.0%
451

2110


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Other Black Protestant Just Christian Non-attender TOTAL
Should be legal 38.7%
184
63.9%
117
47.6%
49
50.5%
52
40.6%
58
81.4%
900
64.4%
1360
Should not be legal 45.7%
217
16.9%
31
45.6%
47
28.2%
29
44.8%
64
9.4%
104
23.3%
492
Don't know 15.6%
74
19.1%
35
6.8%
7
21.4%
22
14.7%
21
9.1%
101
12.3%
260
TOTAL 100.0%
475
100.0%
183
100.0%
103
100.0%
103
100.0%
143
100.0%
1105

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