Homosexual Adoption (Demographic Patterns)

Do you think gay or lesbian couples, in other words, homosexual couples, should be legally permitted to adopt children?

Homosexual Adoption by Gender (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
YES	42.8% 217	51.0% 285	47.1% 502
NO	52.7% 267	43.3% 242	47.7% 509
DON'T KNOW	3.9% 20	4.8% 27	4.4% 47
REFUSED	0.6% 3	0.9% 5	0.8% 8
Missing	59	87	146
TOTAL	100% 507	100% 559	1066

Homosexual Adoption by Age (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	18-30	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
YES	58.4% 128	50.7% 139	48.0% 144	33.3% 91	47.1% 502
NO	37.4% 82	44.5% 122	49.0% 147	57.9% 158	47.7% 509
DON'T KNOW	4.1% 9	4.4% 12	2.3% 7	7.0% 19	4.4% 47
REFUSED	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.7% 2	1.8% 5	0.8% 8
Missing	35	44	42	25	146
TOTAL	100% 219	100% 274	100% 300	100% 273	1066

Homosexual Adoption by Denomination (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Missing	TOTAL
YES	30.7% 93	50.3% 96	78.3% 18	43.1% 81	214	40.9% 288
NO	64.7% 196	46.1% 88	17.4% 4	50.5% 95	126	54.3% 383
DON'T KNOW	4.3% 13	2.6% 5	4.3% 1	4.8% 9	19	4.0% 28
REFUSED	0.3% 1	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	2	0.9% 6
Missing	27	24	7	39	49	146
TOTAL	100% 303	100% 191	100% 23	100% 188	410	705

Homosexual Adoption by Region (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	NORTHEAST	NORTH CENT	SOUTH	WEST	TOTAL
YES	57.6% 106	39.6% 112	38.9% 143	61.0% 141	47.1% 502
NO	37.5% 69	55.1% 156	55.4% 204	34.6% 80	47.7% 509
DON'T KNOW	3.3% 6	4.6% 13	5.2% 19	3.9% 9	4.4% 47
REFUSED	1.6% 3	0.7% 2	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.8% 8
Missing	34	31	49	32	146
TOTAL	100% 184	100% 283	100% 368	100% 231	1066

Homosexual Adoption by Church attendance (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	Yes	No	Missing	TOTAL
YES	41.0% 291	59.3% 210	1	47.1% 501
NO	54.2% 385	34.7% 123	1	47.7% 508
DON'T KNOW	3.9% 28	5.4% 19	0	4.4% 47
REFUSED	0.8% 6	0.6% 2	0	0.8% 8
Missing	97	47	2	146
TOTAL	100% 710	100% 354	4	1064

Notes

American National Election Studies, 2004: From the ANES website (http://www.umich.edu/~nes/studypages/2004prepost/2004prepost.htm): The study, in part, maintains and extends the core of the NES time-series by collecting data on Americans’ basic political beliefs, allegiances, and behaviors. It contains special instrumentation on American’s views on foreign policy, the war on terrorism, and the Iraq War and its consequences. It extends the experiment on the measurement of voter turnout begun in 2002, and carries expanded instrumentation on inflation, immigration, gender politics, and gay and lesbian politics. It also includes the Comparative Studies of Electoral System’s Module 2, which focuses on representation and accountability. The data also contains several religion variables, including questions about prayer frequency, importance of religion, attendance at religious services, and belief in the Bible.