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Do you agree or disagree? E. It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.
Bad marriage better than no marriage · Asked in 3 waves, 1988–2002 · 4,032 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 |
| 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.
| 3% |
| 3% |
| 7% |
| 31% |
| 56% |
| 1171 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 3% | 3% | 7% | 30% | 57% | 655 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 4% | 3% | 6% | 34% | 52% | 288 | ±7 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | ±28 |
| Other faith † | 1% | 11% | 5% | 31% | 52% | 36 | ±20 |
| None | 3% | 3% | 6% | 27% | 61% | 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.