Q1: What Q2: Once Q3: What are Q4: Given Question 5: are your marriage is your views the choice of Given the views on available to about forming a civil choice of abolishing same sex extending partnership forming a civil the legal couples, do civil or living partnership relationship you think it partnerships together as or marrying of civil should still be to opposite an opposite your opposite partnership possible for sex couples? sex couple, sex partner, once same couples to which would which would sex couples form a civil you you can marry? partnership personally personally as an prefer? prefer? alternative to marrying? Answered 10,145 10,307 10,634 9,773 10,216 the question Did not 1,121 959 632 1,493 1,050 answer Response 90% 91% 94% 86.7% 90.7% rate to question Distribution of responses by question Q1: What are your views on abolishing the legal relationship of civil partnership once same sex couples can marry? Responses Percent Response Abolish 3,005 29.6 Do not abolish 5,545 54.7 No view 1,595 15.7 Total 10,145 100.0 Responses Did not 1,121 answer Total 11,266 Q2: Once marriage is available to same sex couples, do you think it should still be possible for couples to form a civil partnership as an alternative to marrying? Responses Percent Response Yes 5,388 52.3 No 4,216 40.9
Q1: What are your views on abolishing the legal relationship of civil partnership once same sex couples can marry? Q2: Once marriage is available to same sex couples, do you think it should still be possible for couples to form a civil partnership as an alternative to marrying? Q3: What are your views about extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples? Q4: Given the choice of forming a civil partnership or living together as an opposite sex couple, which would you personally prefer? Question 5: Given the choice of forming a civil partnership or marrying your opposite sex partner, which would you personally prefer? Answered the question 10,145 10,307 10,634 9,773 10,216 Did not answer 1,121 959 632 1,493 1,050 Response rate to question 90% 91% 94% 86.7% 90.7% Distribution of responses by question Q1: What are your views on abolishing the legal relationship of civil partnership once same sex couples can marry? Responses Percent Response Abolish 3,005 29.6 Do not abolish 5,545 54.7 No view 1,595 15.7 Total Responses 10,145 100.0 Did not answer 1,121 Total 11,266 Q2: Once marriage is available to same sex couples, do you think it should still be possible for couples to form a civil partnership as an alternative to marrying? Responses Percent Response Yes 5,388 52.3 No 4,216 40.9
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