Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the not being able to stop or control worrying? Select only one answer.
Asked of: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006
Frequency of uncontrollable worry in last 2 weeks · Asked in 39 waves, 2021–2024 · 2,305,290 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, 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. Version of WORRY first asked in week34: wording, reference period, answer options, or (for a checkbox) the option it names or whether the question offers a 'none of these' box differ from census_pulse:worry.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable WORRY. 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 WORRY. 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 WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22 | web | 70,429 | 65,799 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24 | web | 72,125 | 67,389 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27 | web | 72,162 | 67,341 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29 | web | 73,352 | 68,586 |
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.
| Group | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | n | MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 61% | 25% | 6% | 7% | 51160 | ±0.9 | |
| Men | 68% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 23129 | ±1 | |
| Women | 56% | 29% | 7% | 8% | 28031 | ±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.
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 03 (2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01 | web | 71,798 | 66,589 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 02 (2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04 | web | 71,152 | 66,131 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 01 (2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05) Source variable WORRY. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. | 2024-01-09 to 2024-02-05 | web | 68,544 | 63,811 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 63 (2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-10-18 to 2023-10-30 | web | 79,371 | 68,962 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 62 (2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-09-20 to 2023-10-02 | web | 72,839 | 62,943 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 61 (2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-08-23 to 2023-09-04 | web | 68,454 | 63,604 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 60 (2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07 | web | 68,830 | 60,052 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 59 (2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10 | web | 63,802 | 55,604 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 58 (2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19 | web | 64,792 | 56,383 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 57 (2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08 | web | 59,290 | 52,198 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 56 (2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10 | web | 61,927 | 54,483 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 55 (2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13 | web | 72,738 | 64,214 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 54 (2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13 | web | 75,709 | 66,790 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 53 (2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2005. | 2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16 | web | 68,504 | 60,461 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 52 (2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19 | web | 70,685 | 62,202 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 51 (2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14 | web | 61,453 | 54,324 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 50 (2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17 | web | 42,040 | 37,074 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 49 (2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26 | web | 50,937 | 45,006 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 48 (2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08 | web | 46,801 | 40,961 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 47 (2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11 | web | 58,304 | 50,661 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 46 (2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13 | web | 62,826 | 54,926 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 45 (2022-04-27 to 2022-05-09) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-04-27 to 2022-05-09 | web | 61,767 | 54,359 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 44 (2022-03-30 to 2022-04-11) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-03-30 to 2022-04-11 | web | 63,769 | 56,386 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 43 (2022-03-02 to 2022-03-14) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-03-02 to 2022-03-14 | web | 84,158 | 73,916 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 42 (2022-01-26 to 2022-02-07) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2022-01-26 to 2022-02-07 | web | 75,482 | 68,347 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 41 (2021-12-29 to 2022-01-10) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2004. | 2021-12-29 to 2022-01-10 | web | 74,995 | 68,782 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 40 (2021-12-01 to 2021-12-13) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2003. | 2021-12-01 to 2021-12-13 | web | 60,826 | 54,663 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 39 (2021-09-29 to 2021-10-11) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2003. | 2021-09-29 to 2021-10-11 | web | 57,064 | 50,849 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 38 (2021-09-15 to 2021-09-27) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All persons born before 2003. | 2021-09-15 to 2021-09-27 | web | 59,833 | 53,355 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 37 (2021-09-01 to 2021-09-13) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-09-01 to 2021-09-13 | web | 63,536 | 56,739 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 36 (2021-08-18 to 2021-08-30) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-08-18 to 2021-08-30 | web | 69,114 | 61,644 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 35 (2021-08-04 to 2021-08-16) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-08-04 to 2021-08-16 | web | 68,799 | 61,243 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 34 (2021-07-21 to 2021-08-02) Source variable WORRY. Universe: All person's born before 2003. | 2021-07-21 to 2021-08-02 | web | 64,562 | 57,559 |