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Recoded from experimental Household Composition variables ADULTS_EXP to RNRLTU18 As of 2024, FAMGEN_EXP has been recoded to only account for 3+ generations. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of FAMGEN_EXP. The original FAMGEN containing data in 2022 has been renamed FAMGEN_EXP_22.
Family generations in household, experimental version · Asked in 2 waves, 2022–2024 · 3,389 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 | One generation | Two generations, children | Two generations, parents | Two generations, grandchild(ren) | Three or more generations | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,625 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,764 |
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.
| 53% |
| 33% |
| 8% |
| 1% |
| 5% |
| 1625 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 50% | 32% | 9% | – | 9% | 154 | ±10 |
| High school | 49% | 32% | 13% | 0% | 6% | 399 | ±7 |
| Some college | 55% | 28% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 478 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 56% | 36% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 364 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 56% | 39% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 229 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.