Educational distribution among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by educational group

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama49%30%14%7%268
Arizona42%36%11%11%175
Arkansas54%29%14%3%146
California46%31%14%9%856
Colorado46%28%19%8%122
Florida49%32%11%7%573
Georgia45%33%13%9%373
Idaho37%36%18%10%112
Illinois53%26%14%6%383
Indiana57%27%11%5%234
Iowa51%31%11%8%121
Kansas38%38%16%8%111
Kentucky57%29%8%6%205
Louisiana58%25%14%3%174
Maryland45%30%14%11%163
Michigan44%34%15%6%303
Minnesota45%30%17%8%176
Mississippi47%36%13%4%168
Missouri48%33%13%6%231
Montana40%39%14%7%107
Nebraska47%29%15%9%107
New Jersey50%23%12%16%192
New York56%25%12%7%417
North Carolina51%31%13%5%362
North Dakota43%31%17%8%132
Ohio51%29%13%7%373
Oklahoma47%31%15%7%177
Oregon46%38%8%8%108
Pennsylvania60%24%11%5%400
South Carolina53%34%9%4%206
South Dakota46%35%15%4%102
Tennessee50%31%10%9%346
Texas44%33%16%7%954
Utah24%44%23%9%126
Virginia49%29%16%6%287
Washington39%38%17%6%181
West Virginia65%24%8%3%140
Wisconsin51%33%11%5%186
Wyoming39%36%22%3%126
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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