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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)
19.4%
63.9%
- 1. Netherlands
5.5%88.4% - 2. Denmark
5.7%87.5% - 3. Sweden
5%86.7% - 4. Ireland
8.7%80.9% - 5. Norway
9.1%79.7% - 8.9%78.6%
- 7. Spain
9.9%77.6% - 8. Belgium
10.8%78.5% - 9. Switzerland
12.7%77.2% - 10. France
13.2%77.1% - 11. Austria
14.5%69.6% - 12. Germany
15.1%69.4% - 13. Finland
17.3%64.9% - 14. Bulgaria
16.4%61.6% - 15. Portugal
17.6%62.4% - 16. Slovenia
24.3%54.5% - 17. Hungary
27.2%47.7% - 18. Poland
31.9%45.7% - 19. Slovakia
30.7%41.4% - 20. Cyprus
36.6%40.2% - 21. Estonia
35.5%37.3% - 22. Ukraine
45%31.9% - 23. Russia
45%30.9%
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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