How often do you feel that the demands of your job interfere with your family life?
Job demands interfering with family life · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2016 · 1,958 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.
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 | Always | Often | Sometimes | Hardly ever | Never | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 940 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,018 |
| 5% |
| 11% |
| 32% |
| 36% |
| 16% |
| 940 |
| ±4 |
| White | 3% | 11% | 34% | 38% | 14% | 611 | ±5 |
| Black | 8% | 12% | 33% | 30% | 17% | 160 | ±9 |
| Hispanic | 8% | 10% | 24% | 39% | 20% | 129 | ±11 |
| Asian † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | ±23 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±29 |
General Social Survey 2016 · 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.