During the last 4 weeks, did any children in your household need mental health treatment? Mental health treatment includes health services like counseling or medication.
Asked of: THHLD_NUMKID > 0
Children in household needing mental health treatment · Asked in 15 waves, 2023–2024 · 287,519 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09.
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 | Yes, all children needed mental health treatment | Yes, some but not all children needed mental health treatment | No, none of the children needed mental health treatment | n |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16 | web | 51,280 | 14,118 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19 | web | 59,913 | 17,296 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22 | web | 70,429 | 19,849 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24 | web | 72,125 | 20,074 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27 | web | 72,162 | 19,739 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29 | web | 73,352 |
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.
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 5% | 10% | 84% | 14118 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 | 4% | 6% | 90% | 698 | ±6 | |
| 30–44 | 4% | 9% | 86% | 6775 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 7% | 12% | 80% | 5502 | ±3 | |
| 65+ | 8% | 9% | 83% | 1143 | ±6 |
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) · 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.
| 20,174 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 03 (2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01 | web | 71,798 | 19,590 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 02 (2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04 | web | 71,152 | 19,697 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 01 (2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05 | web | 68,544 | 19,145 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 63 (2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30 | web | 79,371 | 21,988 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 62 (2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02 | web | 72,839 | 19,689 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 61 (2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04 | web | 68,454 | 20,958 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 60 (2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07 | web | 68,830 | 19,162 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 59 (2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10 | web | 63,802 | 17,894 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 58 (2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19) Source variable MHLTH_NEED. Universe: THHLD_NUMKID > 0. | 2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19 | web | 64,792 | 18,146 |