How many more children do you expect to have?

Number of additional children expected · Asked in 16 waves, 1972–1994 · 4,688 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Coded values: 8 means “8 or more”.

Average answer over time

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1994	1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29	face to face	2,992	107
General Social Survey 1993	1993-02-05 to 1993-04-26	face to face	1,606	239
General Social Survey 1991	1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06	face to face	1,517	225
General Social Survey 1990	1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22	face to face	1,372	205
General Social Survey 1989	1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01	face to face	1,537	230
General Social Survey 1988	1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26	face to face	1,481	243
General Social Survey 1986	1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24	face to face	1,470	331
General Social Survey 1985	1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23	face to face	1,534	346
General Social Survey 1983	1983-02-23 to 1983-04-27	face to face	1,599	382
General Social Survey 1982	1982-02-11 to 1982-04-27	face to face	1,860	462
General Social Survey 1978