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Do you agree or disagree ... B. Watching children grow up is life's greatest joy.
Watching children grow up is life's greatest joy · Asked in 4 waves, 1988–2012 · 5,334 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 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,171 |
| 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 |
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.
| 40% |
| 47% |
| 10% |
| 3% |
| 0% |
| 1302 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 45% | 42% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 464 | ±5 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 40% | 45% | 11% | 4% | 0% | 511 | ±5 |
| Republicans | 36% | 55% | 8% | 1% | – | 288 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2012 · 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.