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Calculated variable: Total count of children under 18 in household As of 2024, CHILDSINHH has been calculated to only account for 0 to 6+ children in the household. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of CHILDSINHH. The original CHILDSINHH containing data from 2021 to 2022 has been renamed CHILDSINHH_2122.
Number of children in household · Asked in 3 waves, 2021–2024 · 7,288 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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 or more | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,679 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,780 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 3,829 |
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.
| 69% |
| 13% |
| 10% |
| 4% |
| 3% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 1679 |
| ±3 |
| 18–29 | 68% | 17% | 9% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 236 | ±9 |
| 30–44 | 43% | 17% | 20% | 11% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 461 | ±6 |
| 45–64 | 72% | 15% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 515 | ±6 |
| 65+ | 96% | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | – | – | 425 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.