Loading…
In general, would you say your quality of life is…
Rating of own quality of life · Asked in 2 waves, 2018–2021 · 6,001 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 | Excellent | Very good | Good | Fair | Poor | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 3,653 |
| 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.
| 11% |
| 38% |
| 36% |
| 12% |
| 2% |
| 3653 |
| ±2 |
| Less than high school | 8% | 22% | 43% | 24% | 4% | 176 | ±9 |
| High school | 6% | 32% | 40% | 18% | 4% | 779 | ±4 |
| Some college | 8% | 38% | 40% | 11% | 2% | 993 | ±4 |
| Bachelor's | 16% | 46% | 32% | 7% | 0% | 964 | ±4 |
| Postgraduate | 25% | 49% | 22% | 4% | – | 720 | ±4 |
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.