B. And how often do you make a special effort to buy fruits and vegetables grown without pesticides or chemicals?
Buying pesticide-free fruits and vegetables · Asked in 3 waves, 1993–2010 · 4,373 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.
| Group | Always | Often | Sometimes | Never | Not available | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,430 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 1,386 |
| General Social Survey 1993 | 1993-02-05 to 1993-04-26 | face to face | 1,606 | 1,557 |
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.
| 11% |
| 25% |
| 34% |
| 30% |
| 1% |
| 1430 |
| ±3 |
| Northeast | 12% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 2% | 246 | ±8 |
| Midwest | 7% | 21% | 34% | 35% | 3% | 338 | ±7 |
| South | 12% | 25% | 34% | 28% | 1% | 540 | ±5 |
| West | 11% | 24% | 38% | 27% | 1% | 306 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2010 · 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.