Over the last 7 days, how often have you been bothered by ... having little interest or pleasure in doing things? Would you say not at all, several days, more than half the days, or nearly every day? Select only one answer.
Asked of: All person's born before 2003
Little interest or pleasure in doing things, past 7 days · Asked in 33 waves, 2020–2021 · 2,401,850 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27, week28, week29, week30, week31, week32, week33.
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 | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 33 (2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05 | web | 66,262 | 55,046 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 32 (2021-06-09 to 2021-06-21) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-06-09 to 2021-06-21 | web | 68,067 | 56,549 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 31 (2021-05-26 to 2021-06-07) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-05-26 to 2021-06-07 | web | 70,854 | 58,766 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 30 (2021-05-12 to 2021-05-24) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-05-12 to 2021-05-24 | web | 72,897 | 60,695 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 29 (2021-04-28 to 2021-05-10) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-04-28 to 2021-05-10 | web | 78,467 | 65,513 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 28 (2021-04-14 to 2021-04-26) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-04-14 to 2021-04-26 | web |
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.
| Nearly every day |
|---|
| n |
|---|
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 57% | 25% | 9% | 9% | 55046 | ±0.9 | |
| 18–29 | 38% | 28% | 15% | 18% | 2996 | ±3 | |
| 30–44 | 52% | 28% | 10% | 10% | 13459 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 60% | 24% | 8% | 9% | 21772 | ±1 | |
| 65+ | 68% | 21% | 6% | 5% | 16819 | ±2 |
Household Pulse Survey, Week 33 (2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05) · US adults 18+ living in housing units (50 states and DC). 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.
| 68,913 |
| 57,038 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29 | web | 77,104 | 64,443 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 26 (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15 | web | 78,306 | 65,494 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 25 (2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01 | web | 77,788 | 65,691 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 24 (2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15 | web | 77,122 | 65,163 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 23 (2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01 | web | 80,567 | 68,453 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 22 (2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18 | web | 68,348 | 57,042 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21 | web | 69,944 | 60,063 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 20 (2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07 | web | 72,484 | 62,234 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 19 (2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23 | web | 71,939 | 61,254 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 18 (2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09 | web | 58,729 | 49,931 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 17 (2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26 | web | 88,716 | 76,034 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 16 (2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12 | web | 95,604 | 82,192 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 15 (2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28 | web | 99,302 | 85,555 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 14 (2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14 | web | 110,019 | 94,739 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 13 (2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31 | web | 109,051 | 93,136 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 12 (2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21 | web | 86,792 | 79,776 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 11 (2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14 | web | 91,605 | 84,492 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 10 (2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07 | web | 90,767 | 83,960 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 9 (2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30 | web | 98,663 | 91,272 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 8 (2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23 | web | 108,062 | 99,918 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 7 (2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16 | web | 73,472 | 68,322 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 6 (2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09 | web | 83,302 | 75,292 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 5 (2020-05-28 to 2020-06-02) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-28 to 2020-06-02 | web | 105,066 | 94,329 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 4 (2020-05-21 to 2020-05-26) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-21 to 2020-05-26 | web | 101,215 | 90,798 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 3 (2020-05-14 to 2020-05-19) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-14 to 2020-05-19 | web | 132,961 | 119,897 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 2 (2020-05-07 to 2020-05-12) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-07 to 2020-05-12 | web | 41,996 | 39,447 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 1 (2020-04-23 to 2020-05-05) Source variable INTEREST. Universe: All persons. | 2020-04-23 to 2020-05-05 | web | 74,413 | 69,316 |