Do you feel that your family, relatives and/or friends make too many demands on you?
Family and friends make too many demands · Asked in 2 waves, 2002–2018 · 2,322 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. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | No, never | Yes, but seldom | Yes, sometimes | Yes, often | Yes, very often | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,173 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,149 |
| 58% |
| 21% |
| 16% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 1173 |
| ±4 |
| Urban | 56% | 20% | 18% | 4% | 2% | 413 | ±7 |
| Suburban | 58% | 22% | 14% | 4% | 1% | 597 | ±5 |
| Rural | 65% | 16% | 16% | 2% | 2% | 163 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2018 · 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.