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Do you agree or disagree? B. Personal freedom is more important than the companionship of marriage.
Personal freedom more important than marriage companionship · Asked in 2 waves, 1988–1996 · 2,874 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 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,460 |
| 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.
| 4% |
| 9% |
| 15% |
| 50% |
| 22% |
| 1460 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 4% | 9% | 12% | 50% | 26% | 845 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 4% | 10% | 14% | 54% | 19% | 340 | ±6 |
| Jewish † | 1% | 6% | 21% | 42% | 29% | 34 | ±18 |
| Other faith | 5% | 10% | 25% | 34% | 26% | 71 | ±13 |
| None | 1% | 11% | 26% | 53% | 9% | 165 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 1996 · 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.