2025 Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel Wave 166 Survey 2025 March 24-30, 2025 TOPLINE N=3,605 Note: All numbers are percentages unless otherwise noted. Percentages less than 0.5% are replaced by an asterisk (). Rows/columns may not total 100% due to rounding. The questions presented below are part of a larger survey conducted on the American Trends Panel. "No answer" includes web respondents who do not answer the question as well as telephone respondents who refuse to answer or who say they don't know how to answer. This survey was conducted primarily online, with some interviews conducted by live telephone. This topline shows the programming language for online administration. For details on how questions were slightly modified for phone administration, visit the questionnaire. American Trends Panel surveys conducted between October 2016 and June 2024 were conducted fully online (with tablets and data plans provided to adults without home internet). American Trends Panel surveys conducted prior to October 2016 were conducted primarily online, with some respondents completing by mail. For additional details, visit the Methodology. PN = Programming note Sample size Margin of error at 95% confidence level --- --- --- U.S. adults 3,605 +/- 1.9 percentage points ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE MORAL ASK ALL: [ PN: RANDOMIZE ITEMS; INCLUDE RANDOMIZATION IN DATA FILE ] Do you personally believe that each of the following is morally acceptable or morally wrong, or is it not a moral issue?[^1] AFFAIR — Married people having an affair Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 2 90 7 HOMOSEXUALITY — Homosexuality[^2] (Data held for future release / previously released — see Wave 170 topline below) ABORTION — Having an abortion Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 21 47 31 1 Dec 4-18, 2017 20 48 31 1 GAMBLING — Gambling Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 20 29 50 1 CONTRACEPTIVES — Using contraceptives Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 40 8 51 1 Aug 16-Sept 12, 2016 36 4 57 2 PORNOGRAPHY — Viewing pornography Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 15 52 32 1 MARIJUANA — Using marijuana Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 24 23 52 1 ALCOHOL — Drinking alcohol Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 29 16 55 1 April 11-17, 2022 21 16 62 1 Dec 4-18, 2017 31 13 55 1 DIVORCE — Getting a divorce Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- March 24-30, 2025 31 23 45 1 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE [^1]: The questions about married people having an affair, homosexuality, having an abortion, gambling, using contraceptives, drinking alcohol and getting a divorce were asked in the U.S. as part of the 2013 Global Attitudes Survey. That U.S. survey was done by phone, and the results can be found in an interactive feature. [^2]: Homosexuality was also asked about in ATP W170. The results for both waves are listed in the W170 topline below. 2025 Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel Wave 170 Survey 2025 May 5-11, 2025 TOPLINE N=8,937 Note: All numbers are percentages unless otherwise noted. Percentages less than 0.5% are replaced by an asterisk (*). Rows/columns may not total 100% due to rounding. The questions presented below are part of a larger survey conducted on the American Trends Panel. "No answer" includes web respondents who do not answer the question as well as telephone respondents who refuse to answer or who say they don't know how to answer. This survey was conducted primarily online, with some interviews conducted by live telephone. This topline shows the programming language for online administration. For details on how questions were slightly modified for phone administration, visit the questionnaire. American Trends Panel surveys conducted between October 2016 and June 2024 were conducted fully online (with tablets and data plans provided to adults without home internet). American Trends Panel surveys conducted prior to October 2016 were conducted primarily online, with some respondents completing by mail. For additional details, visit the Methodology. PN = Programming note Sample size Margin of error at 95% confidence level --- --- --- U.S. adults 8,937 +/- 1.4 percentage points ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE MORAL ASK ALL: [ PN: RANDOMIZE ITEMS; INCLUDE RANDOMIZATION IN DATA FILE ] Do you personally believe that each of the following is morally acceptable or morally wrong, or is it not a moral issue? ASK FORM 1 ONLY HOMOSEXUALITY — Homosexuality Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 23 39 37 1 March 24-30, 2025 20 39 40 1 ASK FORM 2 ONLY HOMOSEXUALBHVR — Homosexual behavior Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 21 41 37 1 Dec 4-18, 2017 22 34 44 1 Aug 16-Sept 12, 2016 17 35 45 3 MEAT — Eating meat Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 41 4 54 1 IVF — Using in vitro fertilization (IVF) to get pregnant Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 42 9 47 2 DTHPNLTY — The death penalty Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 38 34 26 2 SPANK — Spanking children Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 36 23 39 1 ENDLIFE — Patients choosing to end their lives with the help of a doctor Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 34 35 29 2 RICH — Being extremely rich (for example, having billions of dollars) Date Morally acceptable Morally wrong Not a moral issue No answer --- --- --- --- --- May 5-11, 2025 18 18 63 1 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE