Support for the right of gay and lesbian people to live freely

Source
European Social Survey
Date
2008
Regions Surveyed
29
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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)
22.4%
61.1%
  1. 4.5%
    91.2%
  2. 5%
    89.1%
  3. 3. Sweden
    4.6%
    86.9%
  4. 4.6%
    86.3%
  5. 5. France
    7%
    84.7%
  6. 9.3%
    83.4%
  7. 8%
    81.3%
  8. 8.7%
    80.7%
  9. 9.6%
    81.5%
  10. 10. Spain
    9.1%
    78.8%
  11. 11. Norway
    9.5%
    78.1%
  12. 12. Finland
    12.9%
    68.4%
  13. 15.8%
    68.1%
  14. 14. Czechia
    14.7%
    65.4%
  15. 15. Israel
    22.4%
    61.8%
  16. 23.5%
    57.8%
  17. 17. Cyprus
    29.8%
    54.5%
  18. 29.6%
    52.4%
  19. 19. Poland
    30.1%
    51%
  20. 20. Greece
    27.7%
    48.4%
  21. 21. Hungary
    31.1%
    45.3%
  22. 31.4%
    43.7%
  23. 23. Estonia
    30.8%
    40.9%
  24. 24. Latvia
    35.7%
    37.3%
  25. 25. Croatia
    40.3%
    35.7%
  26. 26. Ukraine
    44.7%
    32.4%
  27. 27. Romania
    45.1%
    29.5%
  28. 28. Russia
    48.5%
    29.7%
  29. 29. Turkey
    54.2%
    27.6%

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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