Gender composition among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by gender

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who are…

StateMenWomenSample size
Alabama52%48%270
Arizona57%43%176
Arkansas52%48%149
California54%46%865
Colorado52%48%124
Florida54%46%580
Georgia49%51%377
Idaho56%44%112
Illinois58%42%386
Indiana51%49%234
Iowa56%44%122
Kansas62%38%112
Kentucky56%44%206
Louisiana50%50%175
Maryland55%45%164
Michigan53%47%307
Minnesota52%48%178
Mississippi49%51%168
Missouri58%42%231
Montana66%34%107
Nebraska58%42%107
New Jersey52%48%194
New York53%47%419
North Carolina55%45%364
North Dakota61%39%132
Ohio58%42%375
Oklahoma56%44%178
Oregon58%42%109
Pennsylvania56%44%401
South Carolina54%46%206
South Dakota59%41%104
Tennessee53%47%350
Texas51%49%962
Utah57%43%126
Virginia51%49%288
Washington57%43%182
West Virginia55%45%142
Wisconsin55%45%188
Wyoming59%41%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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