Think about the person you have known next best, living or dead, who came down with AIDS. Please tell me the letter of the category on the card which best describes your relationship to that person.
Relationship to third-closest AIDS victim · Asked in 4 waves, 1989–1993 · 212 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Son or daughter | Other relative | Friend | Neighbor | Co-worker | Acquaintance | Patient | Other | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1993 | 1993-02-05 to 1993-04-26 | face to face | 1,606 | 116 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 51 |
| General Social Survey 1990 | 1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22 | face to face | 1,372 | 25 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 20 |
| All respondents |
| – |
| 3% |
| 29% |
| 1% |
| 10% |
| 40% |
| 10% |
| 6% |
| 116 |
| ±11 |
| Democrats † | – | 5% | 36% | – | 15% | 36% | 6% | 2% | 43 | ±16 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) † | – | 4% | 28% | 2% | 6% | 30% | 17% | 13% | 45 | ±18 |
| Republicans † | – | – | 14% | 2% | 10% | 67% | 6% | – | 25 | ±22 |
General Social Survey 1993 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.