Table 3.
Percentage of respondents by demographic characteristics who “agree” with the following statements: (1) “Doctors should be allowed to help transgender adult men and women (≥ 18 years old) freeze eggs or sperm before their transition to the other gender so that they can have a biological child in the future;” (2) “Doctors should be allowed to help transgender minors (< 18 years old) freeze eggs or sperm before their transition to the other gender so that they can have a biological child in the future, if approved by a parent/guardian;” and (3) “Doctors should be able to help a transgender man who has kept his uterus carry a pregnancy in the future”
| Doctors should be allowed to help transgender adults freeze eggs or sperm before their transition | Doctors should be allowed to help transgender minors freeze eggs or sperm before their transition | Doctors should be able to help a transgender man carry a pregnancy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No. (%) agreea
673 (77.1%) |
No. (%) disagree 76 (8.7%) |
No. (%) agreea
529 (60.6%) |
No. (%) disagree 177 (20.3%) |
No. (%) agreea
525 (60.1%) |
No. (%) disagree 139 (15.9%) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 263 (71.5) | 40 (10.9) | 206 (56.0) | 90 (24.5) | 219 (59.5) | 61 (16.6) |
| Female | 400 (81.0) | 36 (7.3) | 314 (63.6) | 87 (17.6) | 296 (59.9) | 77 (15.6) |
| Transgender male | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | |||
| Transgender female | 5 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | |||
| Other | 4 (80.0) | 3 (60.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 169 (82.8) | 10 (4.9) | 136 (66.7) | 29 (14.2) | 143 (70.1) | 21 (10.3) |
| 30–44 | 186 (76.5) | 25 (10.3) | 146 (60.1) | 54 (22.2) | 156 (64.2) | 33 (13.6) |
| 45–59 | 196 (71.8) | 32 (11.7) | 152 (55.7) | 64 (23.4) | 147 (53.9) | 59 (21.6) |
| ≥ 60 | 122 (79.7) | 9 (5.9) | 95 (62.1) | 30 (17.0) | 79 (51.6) | 26 (16.7) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 569 (79.3) | 56 (7.8) | 449 (62.5) | 138 (19.2) | 447 (62.3) | 110 (15.3) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22 (55.0) | 9 (22.5) | 16 (40.0) | 14 (35.0) | 18 (45.0) | 8 (20.0) |
| Black | 31 (79.5) | 3 (7.7) | 24 (61.5) | 10 (25.6) | 23 (59.0) | 4 (10.3) |
| Other | 51 (67.1) | 8 (10.5) | 40 (52.6) | 15 (19.7) | 37 (48.7) | 17 (22.4) |
| Religion | ||||||
| Christian–non-Catholic | 116 (71.2) | 16 (9.8) | 97 (59.5) | 30 (18.4) | 88 (54.0) | 28 (17.2) |
| Christian–Catholic | 218 (68.8) | 48 (15.1) | 156 (49.2) | 101 (31.9) | 149 (47.0) | 78 (24.6) |
| Jewish | 22 (84.6) | 1 (3.9) | 16 (61.5) | 5 (19.2) | 21 (80.8) | 3 (11.5) |
| Atheist/agnostic | 250 (89.6) | 5 (1.8) | 206 (73.8) | 24 (8.6) | 214 (76.7) | 22 (7.9) |
| Other | 67 (76.1) | 6 (6.8) | 54 (61.4) | 17 (19.3) | 53 (60.2) | 8 (9.1) |
| Number of biological children | ||||||
| 0 | 362 (81.2) | 27 (6.1) | 289 (64.8) | 69 (15.5) | 297 (66.6) | 59 (13.2) |
| 1 or more | 311 (72.8) | 49 (11.5) | 240 (56.2) | 108 (25.3) | 228 (53.4) | 80 (18.7) |
| Political party | ||||||
| Democratic | 312 (88.4) | 14 (4.0) | 254 (72.0) | 37 (10.5) | 256 (72.5) | 31 (8.9) |
| Republican | 83 (56.1) | 28 (18.9) | 59 (39.9) | 53 (35.8) | 53 (35.8) | 50 (33.8) |
| Libertarian | 24 (68.6) | 3 (8.9) | 20 (57.1) | 9 (25.7) | 23 (65.7) | 3 (8.6) |
| None/other | 254 (75.4) | 31 (9.2) | 196 (58.2) | 78 (23.2) | 193 (57.3) | 55 (16.3) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 311 (72.3) | 42 (9.8) | 249 (57.9) | 97 (22.6) | 240 (55.8) | 74 (17.2) |
| Single/never married | 163 (79.1) | 19 (9.2) | 129 (62.6) | 38 (18.5) | 135 (65.5) | 37 (18.0) |
| Long-term partner | 109 (83.9) | 9 (6.9) | 84 (64.6) | 24 (18.5) | 92 (70.8) | 13 (10.0) |
| Divorced or widowed | 90 (84.1) | 6 (5.6) | 67 (62.6) | 18 (16.8) | 58 (54.2) | 15 (14.0) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Straight | 549 (62.9) | 73 (10.0) | 425 (57.9) | 163 (22.2) | 415 (56.5) | 126 (17.2) |
| Sexual minorityb | 124 (89.2) | 3 (2.2) | 104 (74.8) | 14 (10.1) | 110 (79.1) | 13 (9.4) |
| Know someone gay, lesbian, or bisexual | ||||||
| Yes, with children | 363 (85.4) | 18 (4.2) | 295 (69.4) | 60 (14.1) | 291 (68.5) | 41 (9.7) |
| Yes, without children | 257 (71.2) | 43 (11.9) | 194 (53.7) | 94 (26.0) | 195 (54.0) | 75 (20.8) |
| No | 53 (60.9) | 15 (17.2) | 40 (46.0) | 23 (26.4) | 39 (44.8) | 23 (26.4) |
Does not include respondents who were “neutral”
aNumbers may not sum to 100
bSexual minority refers to respondents who did not identify as straight/heterosexual