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Same-sex marriage - Belief Statistics Topic

(Do you agree or disagree?) Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another. (MARHOMO)
(General Social Survey, 2021)


Same-sex marriage by Age

 18-2930-4445-5960-7475 or olderMissingTotal
Strongly agree70.7%
195
57.4%
378
43.8%
255
39.9%
275
29.0%
73
8947.8%
1176
Agree11.2%
31
14.7%
97
20.8%
121
21.9%
151
26.6%
67
3319.0%
467
Neither agree nor disagree13.0%
36
15.5%
102
15.8%
92
16.7%
115
14.7%
37
3715.5%
382
Disagree1.8%
5
4.0%
26
6.7%
39
8.4%
58
14.7%
37
146.7%
165
Strongly disagree3.3%
9
8.4%
55
12.9%
75
13.2%
91
15.1%
38
2710.9%
268
Missing1303223253331311574133
Total 100%
276
100%
658
100%
582
100%
690
100%
252
   
2458

Same-sex marriage by Worship attendance

 NeverAbout once a year or lessSeveral times a yearOne to three times a monthNearly every weekEvery week or several times a weekMissingTotal
Strongly agree64.9%
504
57.2%
386
39.6%
110
42.5%
94
28.6%
63
19.7%
89
1947.5%
1246
Agree17.3%
134
19.6%
132
26.3%
73
19.9%
44
17.7%
39
15.9%
72
618.8%
494
Neither agree nor disagree10.3%
80
12.9%
87
16.9%
47
21.3%
47
30.9%
68
19.0%
86
415.8%
415
Disagree3.0%
23
4.6%
31
9.4%
26
5.9%
13
8.6%
19
14.6%
66
16.8%
178
Strongly disagree4.5%
35
5.8%
39
7.9%
22
10.4%
23
14.1%
31
30.8%
139
611.0%
289
Missing402343125101111258141034
Total 100%
776
100%
675
100%
278
100%
221
100%
220
100%
452
   
2622

Same-sex marriage by Household income

 Under $5,000$5,000 to $9,999$10,000 to $14,999$15,000 to $19,999$20,000 to $24,999$25,000 or moreMissingTotal
Strongly agree42.7%
38
36.6%
26
42.7%
47
44.0%
37
40.4%
40
50.3%
941
13648.6%
1129
Agree14.6%
13
22.5%
16
20.0%
22
15.5%
13
13.1%
13
19.6%
366
5719.1%
443
Neither agree nor disagree20.2%
18
19.7%
14
10.9%
12
15.5%
13
21.2%
21
14.1%
263
7814.7%
341
Disagree6.7%
6
7.0%
5
6.4%
7
7.1%
6
15.2%
15
6.4%
119
216.8%
158
Strongly disagree15.7%
14
14.1%
10
20.0%
22
17.9%
15
10.1%
10
9.6%
180
4410.8%
251
Missing55305756509391710187
Total 100%
89
100%
71
100%
110
100%
84
100%
99
100%
1869
   
2322

Same-sex marriage by Political ideology

 Extremely liberal or liberalSlightly liberalModerate, middle of the roadSlightly conservativeExtremely conservative or conservativeMissingTotal
Strongly agree84.0%
474
70.0%
217
42.9%
392
28.5%
84
14.9%
78
2047.8%
1245
Agree9.4%
53
15.8%
49
22.3%
204
31.5%
93
17.3%
91
1018.8%
490
Neither agree nor disagree2.7%
15
7.7%
24
19.6%
179
24.4%
72
23.0%
121
815.8%
411
Disagree1.2%
7
3.2%
10
6.6%
60
8.5%
25
14.3%
75
26.8%
177
Strongly disagree2.7%
15
3.2%
10
8.5%
78
7.1%
21
30.5%
160
1110.9%
284
Missing266180464181266142517
Total 100%
564
100%
310
100%
913
100%
295
100%
525
   
2607

Same-sex marriage by Religion

 ProtestantCatholicJewish/OtherNoneMissingTotal
Strongly agree32.7%
376
45.6%
247
59.7%
117
69.3%
503
2247.6%
1243
Agree19.4%
223
23.2%
126
16.8%
33
15.2%
110
818.8%
492
Neither agree nor disagree19.8%
228
16.6%
90
13.3%
26
9.5%
69
615.8%
413
Disagree10.1%
116
6.1%
33
3.6%
7
2.8%
20
36.7%
176
Strongly disagree18.0%
207
8.5%
46
6.6%
13
3.3%
24
511.1%
290
Missing56428296395141837
Total 100%
1150
100%
542
100%
196
100%
726
   
2614

Same-sex marriage by Sex

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Strongly agree44.2%
513
50.2%
724
2847.5%
1237
Agree20.2%
235
17.8%
257
818.9%
492
Neither agree nor disagree15.3%
178
16.0%
230
1115.7%
408
Disagree7.0%
81
6.7%
96
26.8%
177
Strongly disagree13.3%
154
9.4%
135
611.1%
289
Missing575762142937
Total 100%
1161
100%
1442
   
2603

Related variables

A similar question appeared on Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007) - Instructional Dataset
Q39a. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about homosexuals: Homosexuals should be allowed to marry (GAYMARR)


A similar question appeared on General Social Survey 2014 Cross-Section and Panel Combined, (Inapplicable Responses Coded as Missing)
Do you agree or disagree? Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another (MARHOMO)


Notes

The General Social Surveys (GSS) have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) annually since 1972, except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992 (a supplement was added in 1992), and biennially beginning in 1994. The GSS are designed to be part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data file has all cases and variables asked on the 2021 GSS.

The 2021 cross-sectional General Social Survey has been updated to Release Version 3 as of July 2023. This Release includes the addition of respondent spouse/partner religious identities, socioeconomic statuses, and work information (including Occupation and Industry coding), and additional information about respondents' religious background.

To download syntax files for the GSS that reproduce well-known religious group recodes, including RELTRAD, please visit the ARDA's Syntax Repository.

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