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Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best way for them to organize their family and work life? Should…
Best work and family arrangement with young child · Asked in 2 waves, 2012–2022 · 2,463 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,161 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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 | The mother stays at home and the father works full-time | The mother works part-time and the father works full-time | Both the mother and father work full-time | Both the mother and father work part-time | The father works part-time and the mother works full-time | The father stays at home and the mother works full-time | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 28% | 31% | 29% | 11% | 0% | 1% | 1161 | ±5 | |
| Lower income | 21% | 37% | 24% | 17% | – | – | 345 | ±9 | |
| Middle income | 36% | 26% | 27% | 10% | 0% | 1% | 340 | ±9 | |
| Upper income | 25% | 31% | 37% | 8% | – | 0% | 335 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2022 · 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.