This is part 4 in a 4-part series of findings from the 2025 Youth Washington Muslim Survey.
Methodology
Between May 1 and October 15, 2025, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Washington state chapter (CAIR-WA), surveyed 147 Muslims who were between 11 and 18 years of age and living in Washington state.
The following sources were used to recruit respondents.
- CAIR-WA social media
- CAIR-WA and mosque email listservs
- the CAIR-WA website
- flyer distribution
- tabling at community events
- announcements at mosques and community centers
- community group messages on platforms such as WhatsApp
- partner organizations and community members participated in independent outreach
All respondents were directed to a survey hosted on SurveyMonkey’s website.
Respondents who reported living in Washington state, identified as Muslim, and were between the ages of 11 and 18 were included in the survey. Responses which did not meet these criteria were removed from the data.
Disqualified, Partial, and Complete Responses
CAIR Washington received 193 total responses. Out of these responses, 46 were disqualified.
- 16 were disqualified due to age (under 11 or over 18)
- 10 for not residing in Washington state
- 7 for not being Muslim
- 13 were disqualified due to being poor quality responses (likely not valid data)
After disqualification, we had 147 responses. Sixty-six (66) of these responses were complete.
For analysis of each question, we used all responses to a given question. When analyzing across portions of the survey, we used only complete responses. In other words, whenever we are using two or more questions in analysis, such as looking at if visibly Muslim young people experience more bullying, we used only complete responses.
Limitations
The main limitation to this survey was a small sample size. We had 147 total qualified responses, but only 66 complete responses. Our hope is that in future years we will expand the sample size in order to draw more conclusions.
Possible Limitations
Anonymity and Self-Reporting
An initial limitation is that the survey was anonymous and self-reported. The survey was kept anonymous in order to ensure that respondents could answer truthfully and were not influenced by privacy concerns. The tradeoff of this is the possibility of inauthentic, misleading, or duplicate responses. Due to this survey’s disqualification criteria—respondents must be Muslim, living in Washington, and between 11 and 18 years of age, the likelihood of bot responses or inauthentic responses is minimal. For example, even if a response passed the qualifying page, any responses with zip codes outside of the state of Washington were excluded. As further precautions, the team used Survey Monkey’s built in tool to identify low-quality responses, as well as reviewing duplicate IP addresses and responses with similar/identical demographic information, in case a community member took the survey more than once.
Language Access
Another major limitation was that the survey was conducted in English only, which may have skewed demographics of respondents.
Location
Finally, most survey responses came from King County, which likely reflects the population make-up of Washington’s Muslims. However, since the CAIR-WA team is based in King County and most outreach was done locally, this area may be overrepresented relative to true population levels.