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In your household who does the following things...? F. Prepares the meals?
Who prepares the meals in the household · Asked in 3 waves, 2002–2022 · 1,927 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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 me | Usually me | About equal or both together | Usually my spouse/partner | Always my spouse/partner | Is done by a third person | n | MoE |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 520 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 700 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 707 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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.
| All respondents | 17% | 20% | 29% | 21% | 12% | 0% | 520 | ±7 |
| Northeast † | 12% | 30% | 22% | 23% | 12% | 1% | 70 | ±15 |
| Midwest † | 12% | 18% | 28% | 26% | 16% | 0% | 111 | ±16 |
| South | 22% | 18% | 29% | 19% | 12% | – | 225 | ±10 |
| West | 16% | 20% | 36% | 17% | 9% | 1% | 114 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2022 · 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.