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When your children are at the age you are now, do you think their standard of living will be much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse than yours is now?
Children's expected living standard, no volunteered option on web · Asked in 3 waves, 2021–2024 · 2,552 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 | Much better | Somewhat better | About the same | Somewhat worse | Much worse | No children (phone mode only; volunteered) | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 646 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 593 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 1,313 |
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.
| 16% |
| 27% |
| 20% |
| 25% |
| 12% |
| – |
| 646 |
| ±5 |
| White | 8% | 28% | 23% | 29% | 12% | – | 422 | ±7 |
| Black † | 29% | 37% | 15% | 15% | 4% | – | 80 | ±18 |
| Hispanic | 31% | 25% | 15% | 18% | 10% | – | 90 | ±13 |
| Asian † | 33% | 18% | 13% | 22% | 14% | – | 36 | ±21 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | ±40 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.