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Thinking of all the adult relatives, which one do you have the most contact with? C. And how often do you have any other contact with your relative besides visiting, either by telephone or letter?

How often do you have other contact, like phone or mail, with the relative you contact most?

Frequency of other contact with most-contacted relative · Asked in 1 wave, 1986 · 1,298 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

DailySeveral x weekOnce a weekOnce a monthSeveral x yearLess often

Group		Daily	Several x week	Once a week	Once a month	Several x year	Less often	n	MoE
All respondents		10%	14%	21%	27%	15%	13%	1298	±3
Men		8%	13%	19%	27%	16%	17%	544	±5

General Social Survey 1986 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

DailySeveral x weekOnce a weekOnce a monthSeveral x yearLess oftenNo answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1986	1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24	face to face	1,470	1,298