Nearly four in ten Americans view homosexuality as “morally unacceptable,” according to a survey released last week by the Pew Research Center.

Pollsters asked residents of 25 countries around the world about their views on the morality of their fellow citizens, and of certain behaviors like abortion, gambling, and homosexuality. Among American respondents, 39 percent said homosexuality is immoral, while 23 percent called it morally acceptable, and 37 percent said it is not a moral issue.

That is about the same as how U.S. respondents answered the question when polled in 2013. That year, 37 percent of respondents described homosexuality as immoral, 23 percent said it is morally acceptable, and 35 percent did not see it as a moral issue.

The new data also shows that Americans under 40 are more supportive of homosexuality than older generations. Forty-three percent of Americans over age 40 said homosexuality is morally unacceptable, compared with 33 percent of those ages 18 to 39.

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