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Full Survey Results
The European Social Survey (ESS) is a cross-national survey that covers dozens of European and surrounding regions. Their surveys cover a variety of societal topics, including several questions around gay rights.
Question: "Please say to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: Gay men and lesbians should be free to live their own life as they wish."
Disagree
Agree
Survey Average (Unweighted)
18.2%
66%
- 1. Netherlands
5.3%89.2% - 2. Iceland
4.5%87.3% - 3. Denmark
5.7%87.4% - 4. Sweden
5.4%84.6% - 5. Ireland
7.6%78.9% - 6. Luxembourg
10.6%80.7% - 7. Norway
9.3%77.5% - 8.9%75.9%
- 9. Belgium
11.6%78.1% - 10. Switzerland
12.3%75.1% - 11. France
13.4%75.7% - 12. Spain
13.8%74.3% - 13. Germany
15%72.4% - 14. Austria
15.1%70% - 15. Portugal
11.4%62% - 16. Finland
17.2%63.5% - 17. Czechia
20.5%59.4% - 18. Slovenia
21.9%55% - 19. Greece
26.5%54.4% - 20. Hungary
28%51.1% - 21. Slovakia
27.5%46% - 22. Estonia
29.4%42.6% - 23. Poland
36.4%42.8% - 24. Ukraine
37.9%39.9% - 25. Turkey
58.9%25.1%
Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).
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