This statistic shows the results of a survey among respondents from selected countries all over the world in 2011 on whether they think that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society, or not. The survey was conducted in spring 2011. 60 percent of respondents from the United States think that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society, while 33 percent of American respondents do not agree.
Do you think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society?
(Worldwide 2011)
The original question was: which one of these comes closer to your opinion, number 1 or number 2? - Number 1:
Homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by
society. – Number 2: Homosexuality is a way of life that
should not be accepted by society."
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Pew Research Center. (November 17, 2011). Do you think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society? (Worldwide 2011) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/219360/acceptance-of-homosexuality-in-selected-countries/
Pew Research Center. "Do you think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society? (Worldwide 2011)." Chart. November 17, 2011. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219360/acceptance-of-homosexuality-in-selected-countries/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Do you think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society? (Worldwide 2011). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219360/acceptance-of-homosexuality-in-selected-countries/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Think Homosexuality Is a Way of Life That Should Be Accepted by Society? (Worldwide 2011)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219360/acceptance-of-homosexuality-in-selected-countries/
Pew Research Center, Do you think homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society? (Worldwide 2011) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219360/acceptance-of-homosexuality-in-selected-countries/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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