# Just over four in ten reject stopping transgender people from "spreading"

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 3,000 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 18 to 24, 2024, just over four in ten rejected the idea that transgender people should be stopped from "spreading"; 43% disagreed.

Another 27% neither agreed nor disagreed, while 29% agreed.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements. Item: We need to stop transgender people from spreading

43% of Americans reject the idea that transgender people should be stopped from "spreading."

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly disagree: 27.2%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 26.9%
- Strongly agree: 11.5%
- Agree: 11.0%
- Disagree: 10.3%
- Somewhat agree: 7.8%
- Somewhat disagree: 5.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers](https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers)