Now I'm going to read a list of different feelings that people sometimes have. After each one, I would like you to tell me on how many days you have felt this way during the past 7 days. On how many days in the past 7 days have you... (SPECIFY NUMBER OF DAYS) (IF RESPONDENT ASKS, SAY THAT FEELING THIS WAY AT ANY TIME DURING A DAY MAKES THAT DAY "COUNT.") S. Felt proud of something you'd done?
Days felt proud of something done in past week · Asked in 2 waves, 1996–2025 · 2,525 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Answers from the 2024 GSS Next follow-on (Aug 2025) are a separate poll: a web-only survey of people who had finished the 2024 GSS interview, so mode and timing differ from the other years.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2025).
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2025).
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 2024: GSS Next follow-on | 2025-08-20 to 2025-10-21 | web | 1,065 | 1,065 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,460 |