Belief that transgender people have a form of mental illness

Date
July-August 2016
Regions Surveyed
23

Full Survey Results

The survey was conducted by IPSOS as part of the IPSOS Global Advisor research program, a monthly survey in 23 countries around the world via the IPSOS Online Panel system. For the results of the survey presented herein, an international sample of 17,105 adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and aged 16-64 in all other countries, were interviewed. The survey was fielded between July 22 and August 5, 2016.

Question: "Transgender people have a form of mental illness"

Agree
Disagree
Survey Average (Unweighted)
25.8%
59.5%
  1. 1. Spain
    7.5%
    85.1%
  2. 2. Sweden
    10.7%
    75.6%
  3. 13%
    75.9%
  4. 13.3%
    71.5%
  5. 5. Mexico
    17.3%
    73.2%
  6. 6. Italy
    14.9%
    70.8%
  7. 7. Canada
    16.1%
    70.4%
  8. 8. Brazil
    14.7%
    68.2%
  9. 9. Germany
    15.3%
    68%
  10. 10. France
    15.7%
    65.1%
  11. 11. Belgium
    18.3%
    66.7%
  12. 12. Peru
    22.6%
    65.7%
  13. 13. Australia
    21.1%
    63.6%
  14. 22.4%
    61.3%
  15. 15. Japan
    20.5%
    53.9%
  16. 29.1%
    57.6%
  17. 31.7%
    53.5%
  18. 18. Poland
    31.9%
    45%
  19. 19. Hungary
    41.8%
    43.6%
  20. 20. China
    42.5%
    37.2%
  21. 21. Turkey
    51.5%
    39.5%
  22. 22. India
    56.8%
    34.7%
  23. 23. Russia
    63.6%
    22.3%

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 Aleksandar