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Do you agree or disagree? A. Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Married people happier than unmarried people · 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.
| 9% |
| 29% |
| 33% |
| 25% |
| 4% |
| 1302 |
| ±3 |
| 18–29 | 4% | 19% | 41% | 31% | 5% | 228 | ±8 |
| 30–44 | 10% | 20% | 34% | 29% | 6% | 388 | ±6 |
| 45–64 | 9% | 37% | 29% | 22% | 4% | 427 | ±6 |
| 65+ | 15% | 41% | 26% | 16% | 2% | 257 | ±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.