New poll shows Austrians views about "family" issues + SSM/adoption support

[Tender Branson]

New Market poll for the newspaper "derStandard" (603 CATI-interviews, representative of the Austrian population aged 16+, conducted Oct. 23-25):

Question translations:

93-6 agree - "I find it good that kids have knowledge and skill about new technologies."
90-9 agree - "I find it good that kids begin studying (several) foreign languages at young age."
90-8 agree - "I find it good that kids in school interact with kids/people who have disabilities."
84-15 agree - "A unbiased way of dealing with sexual issues is positive for kids/juveniles."
83-14 agree - "Kids need to learn again how to behave correctly and to greet others."
83-14 agree - "I find it good that kids in school have contact with students, cultures etc. from other countries."
72-23 agree - "Kids these days are worse in calculating than before."
64-30 agree - "I find it good if more comprehensive all-day schools are being created."
63-33 agree - "Kids these days are worse at learning/studying German in school."
61-33 agree - "Gay couples - 2 men, 2 women - should be able to marry."
60-34 agree - "Today, kids are being mobbed more in school than before."
59-27 agree - "I find it good if the 8-year long version of the Gymnasium remains."
57-42 agree - "I find it good that kids are taught from an early age on about performance, achievement, effort, merit."
56-37 agree - "Gay couples - 2 men, 2 women - should be able to adopt children."
40-58 disagree - "The Internet is overall positive for kids and juveniles."
34-63 disagree - "Mobile phones are overall positive for kids and juveniles."
27-67 disagree - "A healthy slap (in the face) didn't hurt anyone in previous times, therefore hurts no kid today either."
18-78 disagree - "Social Media like Facebook, Twitter, is overall positive for kids and juveniles."



http://derstandard.at/1381370702708/Mehrheit-will-Ehe-und-Adoption-fuer-Homosexuelle

[Tender Branson]

The article also mentions that FPÖ and ÖVP voters are slightly more opposed than in favour of gay adoption rights. SPÖ, Greens, NEOS voters are strongly in favour.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

60-34 agree - "Today, kids are being mobbed more in school than before."

I think the word you might have been looking for was bullied.

[Tender Branson]

60-34 agree - "Today, kids are being mobbed more in school than before."

I think the word you might have been looking for was bullied.

Ah yeah, that is the right word.

"mobbed" is a Germanized English-sounding word like "handy" for mobile phone that actually has a completely different meaning in English ...

[Tender Branson]

I just got an e-mail back from Market for party breakdown in the gay-rights related questions:

"Gay couples - 2 men, 2 women - should be able to marry."

SPÖ-voters: 76-22 agree
ÖVP-voters: 44-54 disagree
FPÖ-voters: 52-39 agree
Green-voters: 80-17 agree
NEOS-voters: 63-33 agree

"Gay couples - 2 men, 2 women - should be able to adopt children."

SPÖ-voters: 73-23 agree
ÖVP-voters: 40-52 disagree
FPÖ-voters: 36-50 disagree
Green-voters: 69-27 agree
NEOS-voters: 62-34 agree

David Pfarrhofer noted in his mail that these subsamples must be taken with a grain of salt, considering the overall sample consisted of only 603 surveyed.

He didn't submit numbers for the Team Stronach, because only 4% of the 603 would currently vote for the TS - and a breakdown of 24 people would make no sense.

Also interesting that FPÖ voters support gay marriage and ÖVP voters not.

[Tender Branson]

Previous polls have shown Austrian support for Gay Marriage close to 70%, and at the same time in favour of adoption with ca. 60-65%.

I guess this has to do with the fact that the previous polls were ONLY about these questions, while the poll above asked a TON of different family-related questions at the same time, as you can see in the chart above.

Not that they are completely different, could also be MoE.

[Tender Branson]

The party breakdown in this same poll was:

25% SPÖ, 24% FPÖ, 23% ÖVP, 12% Greens, 8% NEOS, 4% Team Stronach, 2% BZÖ, 2% Others

If my math skills are not completely off, then the gay marriage support must be around 60-15 approve in the 8% that is voting for Team Stronach, BZÖ and Others (KPÖ, Pirates).

Would make sense ...

[DC Al Fine]

Why is there such a huge difference in gay marriage/gay adoption for FPO voters?

[Tender Branson]

Why is there such a huge difference in gay marriage/gay adoption for FPO voters?

Margin of error I guess, because of the small sub-samples.

But adoption support is generally lower than marriage support.