--- title: "Extracted: What Do Americans Consider Immoral? – Topline" description: "“`html 2025 Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel Wave 166 Survey 2025 March 24-30, 2025 TOPLINEN=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 […]" date: "2026-03-26" authors: - name: "Jonathan Evans" job_title: "Senior Researcher" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jonathan-evans/" - name: "Manolo Corichi" job_title: "Former Research Analyst" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/manolo-corichi/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/topline/extracted-what-do-americans-consider-immoral-topline/" ocr_provider: "claude" ocr_confidence: "95%" extraction_date: "2026-03-26 13:50:39" source_url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/03/PR_2026.03.19_us-morality_topline.pdf" parent_article: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/" --- # Extracted: What Do Americans Consider Immoral? – Topline ```html # 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 *Results held for future release. 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 | > 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. ## ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE --- # 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? ### HOMOSEXUALITY — Homosexuality (ASK FORM 1 ONLY) | 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 | ### HOMOSEXUALBHVR — Homosexual behavior (ASK FORM 2 ONLY) | 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 ``` --- **Next:** [Acknowledgments](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/acknowledgments-us-morality.md)