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What is your main source of economic support?
Main source of economic support · Asked in 2 waves, 1998–2006 · 874 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 | Pnsion pri/st/ss | Unemploy benfits | Spouse/partner | Othr famly mmbrs | Soc assis/welfre | Occasional work | Other | n |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 502 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 372 |
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 33% | 3% | 27% | 8% | 11% | 1% | 16% | 502 | ±5 | |
| Protestant | 37% | 2% | 26% | 7% | 12% | 1% | 15% | 307 | ±6 | |
| Catholic | 30% | 3% | 34% | 9% | 7% | 1% | 16% | 105 | ±11 | |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | ±35 |
| Other faith † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | ±37 |
| None † | 10% | 6% | 28% | 16% | 17% | 1% | 22% | 65 | ±14 |
General Social Survey 2006 · 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.