Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another. MARSAME is a rename from MARHOMO. MARSAME is asked in sequence with PILLOK and SPANKING. Hand Card A13 contains punches 1-5.
Right of same-sex couples to marry · Asked in 5 waves, 1988–2024 · 8,791 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,146 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,341 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,674 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,216 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,414 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 40% |
| 23% |
| 17% |
| 8% |
| 12% |
| 1146 |
| ±4 |
| Men | 37% | 24% | 17% | 8% | 13% | 520 | ±6 |
| Women | 43% | 23% | 16% | 7% | 12% | 623 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.