Overview
- The latest survey finds 40% of women ages 15 to 44 would move abroad permanently if they could, compared with 19% of men.
- The 21-point gender gap is the largest Gallup has observed on this question in any country since it began global tracking in 2007.
- Gallup reports interest in leaving began rising before President Trump's first term and climbed again after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling on abortion.
- Partisanship tracks closely with the split, with nearly 60% of young women identifying or leaning Democratic versus 39% of young men.
- The findings come from a survey of 1,000 U.S. residents (margin of error about 4.4 points), and Gallup notes that expressing a desire to move does not mean people will actually migrate.