About how many good friends do you have?

Number of good friends · Asked in 1 wave, 1998 · 856 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Coded values: 94 means “no number given”; 95 means “many”; 96 means “96+”.

Average answer over time

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1998	1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19	face to face	2,832	856