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Do you agree or disagree ... F. Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay.
Housewife as fulfilling as paid work · Asked in 4 waves, 1988–2022 · 5,329 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
2002 answers are a separate question (gss:housewrk_2002): no one was recorded as answering 'disagree' that year (only 'strongly disagree'), so the answer options evidently differed.
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.
| Group | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,166 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 1,447 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,414 |
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.
| 11% |
| 37% |
| 33% |
| 13% |
| 7% |
| 1166 |
| ±5 |
| Lower income | 10% | 39% | 26% | 17% | 8% | 345 | ±9 |
| Middle income | 14% | 39% | 30% | 11% | 6% | 343 | ±9 |
| Upper income | 11% | 32% | 41% | 10% | 6% | 336 | ±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.