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Majorities in Indonesia (78%), Australia (57%), Britain (55%), New Zealand (53%), and America (51%) disagree with the statement: “homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children”. 

New Zealanders are the most likely to agree (43%) that “homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children” followed by Americans (42%), Australians (39%), Brits (39%), and Indonesians (17%), according to the latest Roy Morgan International survey. 

When analysing those who agree that “homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children”, women in all surveyed countries (NZ 50%; US 48%; Aust. 46%; UK 46%) are more likely than their male counterparts (NZ 36%; US 36%; Aust. 32%; UK 32%) to agree, except in Indonesia where just 17% of men and women support homosexual couples adopting children.

Similarly, in all countries except Indonesia, those who are single are more likely to agree than married or de facto respondents that “homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children”.  The starkest difference is in Australia where 47% of single respondents agree compared to 34% or married/de facto respondents. 

Another pattern to emerge from the survey was that, as a general rule, the older someone is the less likely they are to agree that “homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children”.

Despite majorities opposing the idea of gay couples adopting children, the survey found that Indonesia is the only country in which a majority (74%) agrees that “homosexuality is immoral”.  In all other countries surveyed, less than half of the respondents agree that “homosexuality is immoral”: US 46%; Australia 33%; New Zealand 33%; and the UK 29%.

		Analysis by Sex & Age
Country	Total “Agree”	Men	Women	14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50-64	65+
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
New Zealand	43	36	50	56	59	57	46	30	21
US	42	36	48	52	53	48	39	38	34
Australia	39	32	46	56	56	53	40	30	17
UK	39	32	46	55	60	52	41	31	16
Indonesia	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	14	6

		Analysis by Marital Status
Country	Total “Agree”	Married/De facto	Single
	%	%	%
New Zealand	43	39	50
US	42	39	47
Australia	39	34	47
UK	39	35	44
Indonesia	17	17	17

These are the main findings of a Roy Morgan International survey of:

• 25,182 Indonesians aged 14+ between October 2005 and September 2006;
• 24,167 Australians aged 14+ between October 2005 and September 2006;
• 11,858 New Zealanders aged 14+ between December 2005 and November 2006;
• 3,203 Americans aged 14+ between July 2005 and June 2006; and
• 2,451 Britons aged 14+ between July 2005 and June 2006 as part of Roy Morgan Single Source.

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