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Using your usual language, do you have difficulty communicating, for example understanding or being understood? Select one.
Asked of: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006
Difficulty understanding or being understood · Asked in 27 waves, 2022–2024 · 1,578,083 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51, week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, 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 | No - no difficulty | Yes - some difficulty | Yes - a lot of difficulty | Cannot do at all |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16 | web | 51,280 | 51,160 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19 | web | 59,913 | 59,794 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22 | web | 70,429 | 67,467 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24 | web | 72,125 | 69,105 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27 | web | 72,162 | 69,147 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 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.
| n |
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| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 92% | 7% | 1% | 0% | 51160 | ±0.9 | |
| 18–29 | 87% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 2982 | ±3 | |
| 30–44 | 91% | 7% | 1% | 0% | 11940 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 94% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 18830 | ±1 | |
| 65+ | 93% | 7% | 1% | 0% | 17408 | ±1 |
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.
| 70,313 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 03 (2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01 | web | 71,798 | 68,227 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 02 (2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04 | web | 71,152 | 67,793 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 01 (2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05 | web | 68,544 | 65,269 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 63 (2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30 | web | 79,371 | 67,992 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 62 (2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02 | web | 72,839 | 62,062 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 61 (2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04 | web | 68,454 | 62,290 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 60 (2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07 | web | 68,830 | 58,928 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 59 (2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10 | web | 63,802 | 54,458 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 58 (2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19 | web | 64,792 | 55,258 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 57 (2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08 | web | 59,290 | 51,027 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 56 (2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10 | web | 61,927 | 53,355 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 55 (2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13 | web | 72,738 | 62,854 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 54 (2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13 | web | 75,709 | 65,438 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 53 (2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16 | web | 68,504 | 59,252 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 52 (2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19 | web | 70,685 | 60,900 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 51 (2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14 | web | 61,453 | 53,110 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 50 (2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17 | web | 42,040 | 36,259 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 49 (2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26 | web | 50,937 | 43,988 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 48 (2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08 | web | 46,801 | 39,922 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 47 (2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11 | web | 58,304 | 49,290 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 46 (2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13) Source variable UNDERSTAND. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13 | web | 62,826 | 53,425 |