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In the past seven days, how often have you been bothered by emotional problems such as feeling anxious, depressed or irritable?
Frequency of emotional problems in past week · Asked in 2 waves, 2018–2021 · 5,991 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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 | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 3,643 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,348 |
| 20% |
| 29% |
| 31% |
| 15% |
| 5% |
| 3643 |
| ±2 |
| Democrats | 15% | 27% | 34% | 17% | 7% | 1282 | ±3 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 20% | 28% | 32% | 15% | 5% | 1438 | ±3 |
| Republicans | 28% | 32% | 27% | 10% | 2% | 808 | ±4 |
General Social Survey 2021 · 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.