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In deciding how much people ought to earn, how important should each of these things be, in your opinion: E. Whether the person has children to support (how important should that be in deciding pay)?
Importance of having children to support in deciding pay · Asked in 2 waves, 2000–2021 · 3,275 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 |
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.
| 6% |
| 16% |
| 26% |
| 30% |
| 22% |
| 2003 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 14% | 10% | 44% | 24% | 7% | 113 | ±11 |
| High school | 8% | 20% | 25% | 27% | 20% | 450 | ±5 |
| Some college | 6% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 22% | 550 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 2% | 12% | 24% | 36% | 27% | 519 | ±5 |
| Postgraduate | 4% | 8% | 23% | 32% | 32% | 363 | ±6 |
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.