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Do you agree or disagree ... C. Having children interferes too much with the freedom of parents.
Children interfere with parents' freedom · Asked in 4 waves, 1988–2022 · 5,327 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | 1,164 |
| 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.
| 9% |
| 15% |
| 29% |
| 32% |
| 15% |
| 1164 |
| ±5 |
| Less than high school † | 15% | 15% | 26% | 29% | 14% | 109 | ±15 |
| High school | 5% | 15% | 36% | 26% | 19% | 291 | ±9 |
| Some college | 14% | 13% | 31% | 32% | 10% | 343 | ±9 |
| Bachelor's | 8% | 14% | 20% | 42% | 16% | 267 | ±10 |
| Postgraduate | 4% | 21% | 24% | 31% | 20% | 154 | ±11 |
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.