Acceptance of having a close gay family member

Source
European Social Survey
Date
2016
Regions Surveyed
23

Full Survey Results

In 2016, the European Social Survey conducted a multi-country survey about a variety of social topics. In this question, they asked the respondents if they would feel ashamed if a close family member was a gay man or lesbian. Equaldex categorizes "Agree"/"Strongly Agree" as "Ashamed" and "Disagree"/"Strongly Disagree" as "Not Ashamed."

Question: "Please say to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. If a close family member was a gay man or a lesbian, I would feel ashamed."

Ashamed
Not Ashamed
Survey Average (Unweighted)
18.6%
68.7%
  1. 2.6%
    95.7%
  2. 2. Iceland
    4%
    94%
  3. 3. Norway
    4.2%
    91%
  4. 4. Sweden
    4.5%
    88.8%
  5. 5.5%
    85.8%
  6. 6. Spain
    8.3%
    86.5%
  7. 7. Ireland
    7.8%
    84.4%
  8. 8. Finland
    7.7%
    83.1%
  9. 7.9%
    81.8%
  10. 10. France
    10.3%
    82.7%
  11. 11. Belgium
    9.6%
    81.9%
  12. 12. Germany
    8.1%
    79.3%
  13. 13. Portugal
    19.6%
    70.9%
  14. 14. Italy
    16%
    65.4%
  15. 15. Austria
    17.8%
    65%
  16. 16. Slovenia
    22.1%
    61.6%
  17. 24.5%
    50.4%
  18. 18. Poland
    29.5%
    52.5%
  19. 19. Israel
    30.4%
    51.3%
  20. 20. Estonia
    32%
    47%
  21. 21. Hungary
    44.5%
    34.9%
  22. 22. Lithuania
    42.1%
    27%
  23. 23. Russia
    68.4%
    19.5%

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).

Submitted by danlev