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How long has it been since you last used a needle to inject drugs?
Time since last injected drugs with a needle · Asked in 12 waves, 2000–2022 · 995 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Within the past 30 days |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 45 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 63 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 57 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 77 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 102 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 73 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 88 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 76 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 122 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 |
| More than 30 days ago but within the past 12 months |
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| More than 12 months ago but within the past 3 years |
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| More than 3 years ago |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents † | 13% | 23% | 10% | 54% | 63 | ±15 | |
| Urban † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±26 |
| Suburban † | 11% | 30% | 6% | 54% | 38 | ±20 | |
| Rural † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | 7 | ±41 |
General Social Survey 2021 · 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.
| face to face |
| 2,812 |
| 71 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 86 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 135 |