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Do you agree or disagree ... I. A husband's job is to earn money; a wife's job is to look after the home and family.
Husband earns money, wife looks after home and family · Asked in 5 waves, 1988–2018 · 6,597 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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,175 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,365 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,284 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 1,359 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,414 |
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.
| 6% |
| 14% |
| 18% |
| 30% |
| 32% |
| 1175 |
| ±4 |
| Less than high school | 11% | 27% | 15% | 34% | 13% | 137 | ±10 |
| High school | 10% | 15% | 19% | 27% | 29% | 362 | ±6 |
| Some college | 4% | 10% | 20% | 34% | 33% | 330 | ±7 |
| Bachelor's | 3% | 9% | 18% | 29% | 41% | 232 | ±8 |
| Postgraduate | 5% | 10% | 14% | 21% | 50% | 114 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2018 · 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.