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How do you and your spouse/partner organize the income that one or both of you receive? Please choose the option that comes closest.
How couples organize their income · Asked in 3 waves, 1994–2012 · 2,250 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Unmarried respondents (coded 'not married' in 1994 and 2002, not asked in 2012) are left out.
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 | I manage, give prtnr share | Prntnr manages, gives me share | Pool all money, take out what we need | Pool some money, keep some separate | Keep money separate | n |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 715 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 835 |
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.
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 16% | 15% | 47% | 10% | 12% | 700 | ±4 | |
| Democrats | 16% | 13% | 49% | 10% | 13% | 217 | ±8 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 20% | 15% | 42% | 9% | 14% | 285 | ±7 | |
| Republicans | 9% | 18% | 53% | 13% | 8% | 179 | ±9 |
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.