When asked about this issue ahead of the 2024 Pride Month, more than 70 percent of Canadian respondents believed that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children. On the other hand, 20 percent of the surveyed population thought that non-heterosexual couples would not be as successful at parenting as other parents.
There were also 12 percent of Canadians who believed that same-sex couples should not have the right to marriage or any form of legal recognition.
Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children?
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Still thinking about same-sex marriage, to what extent do you agree or disagree that:
Same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children."
* The source adds the following information: "These are the results of a 26-market survey conducted by Ipsos on its Global Advisor online platform. The sample consists of approximately 1,000 individuals in each of Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S."
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Ipsos. (May 18, 2024). Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/
Ipsos. "Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children?." Chart. May 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/
Ipsos. (2024). Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/
Ipsos. "Do You Think That Same-sex Couples Are Just as Likely as Other Parents to Successfully Raise Children?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/
Ipsos, Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Do you think that same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children? [Graph], Ipsos, May 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317360/public-opinion-same-sex-couple-parenting-canada/
