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B. All things considered, how satisfied are you with your family life?
Overall satisfaction with family life · Asked in 3 waves, 2002–2018 · 3,648 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 satisfied | Very satisfied | Fairly satisfied |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,175 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,171 |
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.
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
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| Fairly dissatisfied |
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| Very dissatisfied |
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| Completely dissatisfied |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 29% | 40% | 20% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1175 | ±4 | |
| White | 25% | 41% | 24% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 731 | ±5 | |
| Black | 32% | 32% | 24% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 189 | ±9 | |
| Hispanic | 39% | 43% | 9% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 200 | ±9 | |
| Asian † | 38% | 42% | 13% | 6% | 2% | – | – | 36 | ±19 | |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | ±29 |
General Social Survey 2018 · 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.