Do you agree or disagree… Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can't seem to work out their marriage problems.
Divorce as best solution to marital problems · Asked in 3 waves, 1994–2012 · 3,920 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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,171 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 1,447 |
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.
| 7% |
| 44% |
| 14% |
| 28% |
| 7% |
| 1302 |
| ±3 |
| 18–29 | 7% | 34% | 15% | 37% | 8% | 228 | ±8 |
| 30–44 | 4% | 39% | 16% | 31% | 9% | 388 | ±6 |
| 45–64 | 7% | 48% | 15% | 22% | 7% | 427 | ±6 |
| 65+ | 9% | 58% | 11% | 19% | 3% | 257 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2012 · 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.