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Age and Attitudes about the Rights of Homosexuals: A Data-Driven Learning Guide
Interpretation & Summary
Think about your answers to the application questions before you click through the interpretation guide for help in answering them.
Gay Rights
Of the right to marry, the right to adopt, and the right to teach in public schools, which right has the greatest acceptance in Houston during our period of interest?
Gay Rights and Age
What percentage of the youngest respondents believes that same-sex marriages should be afforded same legal status as heterosexual marriages?
Can you conclude that people 65 and older in the population (Houston area) are the least supportive of the three gay rights that we are examining?
Attitudes about Gay Rights 1991 - 2007
In which year do respondents show the greatest support for gay marriage? In which year is there the least support among respondents?
Does support for the legal right of homosexuals to adopt a child appear to be increasing, decreasing, or fluctuating in recent years?
Are Houston area residents more tolerant of homosexuals teaching in public schools in 2006 than in 1992?
Attitudinal Change among Age Cohorts
What can you say about change in support for same-sex marriage in Houston among these age cohorts?
Do you feel that the observed increase in support from 1991 to 2006 is more of a reflection of the sample containing more people who were born later or a change in attitude within age group cohorts?
CITATION: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Age and Attitudes about the Rights of Homosexuals: A Data-Driven Learning Guide. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-04-16. Doi:10.3886/gayrights
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