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2024-09-26
Growing Support for LGBTQ People
Over the last three years there has been a clear increase in Polish people’s support for LGBTQ rights. In comparison to 2021, the percentage of Poles who think that gay men and lesbians should have the right to be open about their orientation in public has risen by 9 points, with a simultaneous 10-point increase in the percentage of respondents believing that gay men and lesbians should be able to marry their partners. On both these issues the percentages in favour are only a few points lower than those against. More controversial is the issue of adoption by same-sex couples, which is now supported by almost one in four Poles, when five years ago the number was less than half that. In all three cases approval is the highest it has been since CBOS began researching the subject.
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People who actually know a gay man or a lesbian are more likely to support their rights to be public about their orientation, to marry and to adopt children. Women are more likely than men to be in favour of granting these rights, as are respondents who are younger, come from larger towns, are better educated, have a higher per capita income, less frequently engage in religious practices and have leftwing views.
More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (412) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register. Respondents independently selected one of the following methods: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI); Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS; Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS. In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 14 – 25 August 2024 inclusive on a sample of 939 people (66.7% using the CAPI method, 20.3% CATI and 13% CAWI). CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
