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Do you agree or disagree . . . A. Working women should receive paid maternity leave when they have a baby.
Paid maternity leave for working women · Asked in 2 waves, 1994–2002 · 2,618 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 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 |
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.
| 49% |
| 37% |
| 8% |
| 4% |
| 1% |
| 1171 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 50% | 36% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 655 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 51% | 39% | 7% | 3% | 0% | 288 | ±7 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | ±28 |
| Other faith † | 40% | 52% | 2% | 5% | – | 36 | ±20 |
| None | 48% | 33% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 169 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2002 · 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.