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1970,1974,1976,1980: Do you have any children? (IF YES:) How many?
Number of children respondent has · Asked in 4 waves, 1970–1980 · 6,944 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Kept and flagged: 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Ages of children not limited to those under 18 years old. 1970 NOTE: Single Rs were not asked this question and are represented in code 0. 1992 NOTE: Study data represented only number of children under the age of 18 and are not represented here. 1994: Questions were not comparable. 1998 NOTE: same as 1992 2000 NOTE: same as 1994
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | None | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight or more | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800411. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763372. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,248 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742409. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,575 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700265(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,507 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| All respondents |
| 28% |
| 15% |
| 24% |
| 16% |
| 8% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 1614 |
| ±2 |
| Less than high school | 19% | 17% | 24% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 435 | ±5 |
| High school | 27% | 14% | 25% | 18% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 583 | ±4 |
| Some college | 36% | 15% | 23% | 15% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 331 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 40% | 17% | 22% | 13% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 1% | – | 172 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 36% | 7% | 33% | 12% | 10% | 2% | – | – | – | 89 | ±10 |
ANES 1980 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.