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To what extent are you able to carry out your everyday physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, carrying groceries, or moving a chair?
Ability to carry out everyday physical activities · Asked in 2 waves, 2018–2021 · 5,994 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 | Completely | Mostly | Moderately | A little | Not 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 | 3,646 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,348 |
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.
| 60% |
| 18% |
| 15% |
| 6% |
| 1% |
| 3646 |
| ±2 |
| White | 63% | 17% | 13% | 5% | 1% | 2607 | ±2 |
| Black | 49% | 21% | 18% | 9% | 3% | 388 | ±6 |
| Hispanic | 57% | 18% | 19% | 6% | 0% | 401 | ±6 |
| Asian | 53% | 22% | 20% | 4% | 1% | 143 | ±10 |
| Other † | 52% | 17% | 21% | 7% | 3% | 72 | ±14 |
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.