In the past 30 days, how often did you feel hopeless?

Felt hopeless in past 30 days · Asked in 1 wave, 1998 · 1,445 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

All of the timeMost of the timeSome of the timeLittle of timeNone of the time

Group	All of the time	Most of the time	Some of the time	Little of time	None of the time	n	MoE
All respondents	1%	3%	10%	13%	72%	1445	±3
Men	1%	4%	10%	13%	72%	654	±4
Women

General Social Survey 1998 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

All of the timeMost of the timeSome of the timeLittle of timeNone of the timeDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1998	1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19	face to face	2,832	1,445