Marital status among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by marital status

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

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama56%1%22%8%14%268
Arizona55%5%16%4%20%175
Arkansas60%2%14%13%11%147
California54%6%14%7%18%859
Colorado62%4%10%4%20%123
Florida54%4%15%11%16%577
Georgia56%3%13%9%18%377
Idaho72%3%15%5%6%112
Illinois53%4%12%8%23%384
Indiana48%4%15%15%18%232
Iowa68%4%5%10%14%122
Kansas63%2%15%5%16%112
Kentucky58%2%12%10%19%205
Louisiana55%3%17%9%17%174
Maryland51%3%15%11%20%164
Michigan59%5%9%10%17%304
Minnesota58%4%10%8%19%178
Mississippi54%1%14%7%25%168
Missouri60%5%11%11%14%230
Montana65%6%7%8%15%107
Nebraska62%2%12%8%16%107
New Jersey49%1%14%9%26%193
New York52%2%11%10%25%414
North Carolina59%3%14%7%18%364
North Dakota57%< 1%13%12%18%131
Ohio57%3%15%8%17%372
Oklahoma60%4%14%12%10%178
Oregon59%3%17%7%14%108
Pennsylvania60%5%8%11%16%401
South Carolina51%4%19%8%18%205
South Dakota48%7%8%14%22%104
Tennessee63%4%10%7%16%347
Texas55%4%14%9%17%957
Utah69%1%7%4%19%125
Virginia65%2%11%10%13%286
Washington61%4%8%12%15%181
West Virginia55%4%17%13%12%142
Wisconsin64%2%9%12%13%188
Wyoming62%2%14%8%15%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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