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Please show for each of these how important you think it is for getting ahead in life . . . G. Knowing the right people?
Importance of knowing the right people to get ahead · Asked in 3 waves, 1987–2021 · 4,839 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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 | Essential | Very important | Fairly important | Not very important | Not important at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,003 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 1,272 |
| General Social Survey 1987 | 1987-01-31 to 1987-04-28 | face to face | 1,819 | 1,564 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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.
| 18% |
| 33% |
| 38% |
| 9% |
| 1% |
| 2003 |
| ±3 |
| White | 12% | 30% | 45% | 11% | 2% | 1433 | ±3 |
| Black | 31% | 41% | 23% | 4% | 1% | 203 | ±8 |
| Hispanic | 28% | 36% | 28% | 7% | 2% | 231 | ±8 |
| Asian † | 21% | 52% | 25% | 2% | – | 76 | ±14 |
| Other † | 24% | 41% | 26% | 8% | 1% | 44 | ±19 |
General Social Survey 2021 · 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.