Baseline data and LGBTQ Rights

 Nora Mayral Boyle

Dr. Roddy
IHSS
15 November 2020

Baseline data and LGBTQ Rights

Baseline Data:

Age

| 18> =  2.4% | 18-25 = 30.1% | 26-35 = 10.6% | 36-45 = 12.2% | 46-55 = 29.3% | 56-65 = 9.8% |  

| 66-75 = 1.6% | 76-100 = 4.1% |

Gender

| Male = 40.5% | Female = 54% |  Non Binary = 2.4% | Agender = 0.8% | Gender Fluid  = 0.8% |

| Other = 1.6%  |
Race

| White = 57.1% | Black  =  2.3% | American Indian/Alaska Native = 1.6% | Asian = 13.5% |         | Pacific Islander = 0.8% | Hispanic/Latino = 20.6% | White/Asian = 1.6% | Mixed = 0.8% | “Blue Person” = 0.8% | Middle Eastern = 0.8% | 

Voting?
| Yes = 83.9% | No = 13.7% | Under Age = 2.4% |

Party Affiliation

| Democrat = 59.5% | Republican = 19% | Libertarian = 2.4% | Green = 1.6% | Independent = 71.% | None/No Opinion = 7.9% | American CapCom Universal Party = 0.8% | Party for Socialism and LIberation = 0.8% | “EMOTIONAL FRAGILITY” = 0.8% |
Highest Level of Education
| Bachelor's Degree = 31.8% | Master’s Degree = 19% | PhD = 6.3% | Doctorate = 7.1% | Still in School = 4.8% | Did not Finish High School = 0.8% | Completing High School = 17.5% | High School Diploma = 1.6% | Attending College = 7.9% | Associate Degree  = 3.2% |

LQBTQ+ Community 

Do you agree with this statement: It is the government's job to protect an LGBTQ+ individual should they be fired from a job or refused any medical procedures/appointments due to their gender identity or sexual identity?

| Yes = 81.6% | No = 11.2% | Neutral = 7.2% |


Do you agree with this statement: LGBTQ+ couples should have the right to marry, regardless of sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation?

| Yes = 74.4% | No = 4% | Civil unions are appropriate, but churches have the right to refuse weddings = 18.4% | Neutral = 3.2% | 


Do you agree with this statement: The government should put more federal laws in place to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ citizens in the United States?

| Yes, more laws are needed = 62.9% | Yes, I agree = 4% | No, the laws that we have are sufficient protection. = 12.9% | No, I do not agree = 2.4% | Neutral, I neither agree nor disagree = 13.7% | State laws should govern LGBTQ+ rights = 4% |


Analysis of Data

When looking at the data, we seem to see the political parties mostly sticking to their beliefs. However, the Republican party tends to be very anti-LBTQ, and we can see those numbers nearly matching up. 19% of people reported being republican, and 19.4% reported being against/neutral on governmental protection of LGBTQ workers. When looking at the question for gay marriage, we can see the party beliefs showing through the numbers again, with a large magority, 74.4% supporting gay marraige, whith 71% of form-takers identifying their party affiliation with something other than Repbulican. Then, a lesser percentage, 25.6% were neutral on the topic [gay marriage], or otherwise disagreeing to any extent. I was very unsurprised with the statistics for the questions about gay marriage, actually.  A common argument against gay marriage is that it goes “against my religion.” For this reason,  I was very unsurprised to see that 18.4% of people were supportive, but believed churches should be able to turn down sam-sex couples. It was actually interesting seeing how many people were neutral on these topics, as these are usually very polarizing, or at least have some middle ground, like the “churches can turn down same sex marriages” option might have.

I do think that our survey had some issues. For one, I think the write-in options led to some absurd results, as well as the  fact that it likely skewed the data. For an example of how this write-in option  was abused, we can look at the “blue person” response to race, and the “EMOTIONAL FRAGILITY” write-in for the party affiliation question.  If I were to do this survey again, I’d simply add an “other” option, with no write-in ability. Another thing that would have made the survey better would be adjusting some of the answer choices, more specifically on the 3rd LGBTQ question.  The “Yes, more laws are needed” and ”Yes, I agree” are the same thing, just one rephrases the question a bit more. I would use the following answer choices: Yes, I agree; No I don’t agree; We have sufficient protections; State laws should govern LGBTQ+ rights; Neutral, I neither agree nor disagree. This only removes one answer choice,and rephrases another, but I still think it would create a more understandable data set, and would  make it more clear to the user which choice best corresponds to their beliefs. 

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