Change in Gibraltar's sovereignty by gender 2017

This statistic displays the results of a survey of adults broken down by gender in Great Britain (GB) in April 2017, regarding their opinion on a possible change to the sovereignty of Gibraltar. From the male respondents, 63 percent believed that Gibraltar should stay a self-governing British territory, while the share of females sharing the same view was 53.

Public opinion on possible change to the sovereignty of Gibraltar in Great Britain (GB) in 2017. by gender*

Characteristic	Male	Female
Remain a self-governing British territory	63%	53%
Become a joint territory of Britain and Spain, with its own government	9%	7%
Become part of Spain	6%	6%
Become a territory of Spain, but continue to have its own government	5%	5%
Something else	3%	3%
Don't know	15%	26%

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Release date

April 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

April 3rd, 2017

Number of respondents

3,623**

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question: "Gibraltar is a British territory that is run by its own government. Gibraltar was captured from Spain in 1704 and signed over to Britain by treaty in 1713. Spain claims that it should be part of Spain. Do you think that Gibraltar should..."
** Female respondents n = 1,869; Male respondents n = 1,754.

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