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Would you use this card and tell me which answer comes closest to how often you do the following things… A. Spend a social evening with relatives?
Frequency of evenings with relatives · Asked in 29 waves, 1974–2024 · 45,472 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 2,183 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,376 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,714 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,559 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 1,888 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,675 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,430 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,329 |
| General Social Survey 2006 |
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.
| Group | Almost daily | Once or twice a week | Several times a month | About once a month | Several times a year | About once a year | Never | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 12% | 20% | 20% | 15% | 21% | 8% | 4% | 2183 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school | 24% | 25% | 9% | 9% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 195 | ±9 | |
| High school | 15% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 9% | 5% | 550 | ±6 | |
| Some college | 14% | 19% | 20% | 15% | 21% | 7% | 4% | 638 | ±5 | |
| Bachelor's | 6% | 18% | 24% | 18% | 24% | 7% | 3% | 480 | ±6 | |
| Postgraduate | 5% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 27% | 7% | 2% | 318 | ±8 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.
| 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 |
| face to face |
| 4,510 |
| 1,992 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 906 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 908 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 1,877 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,871 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,960 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 1,977 |
| General Social Survey 1993 | 1993-02-05 to 1993-04-26 | face to face | 1,606 | 1,080 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 1,024 |
| General Social Survey 1990 | 1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22 | face to face | 1,372 | 928 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,006 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 988 |
| General Social Survey 1986 | 1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24 | face to face | 1,470 | 1,470 |
| General Social Survey 1985 | 1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23 | face to face | 1,534 | 1,534 |
| General Social Survey 1983 | 1983-02-23 to 1983-04-27 | face to face | 1,599 | 1,599 |
| General Social Survey 1982 | 1982-02-11 to 1982-04-27 | face to face | 1,860 | 1,860 |
| General Social Survey 1978 | 1978-02-13 to 1978-04-29 | face to face | 1,532 | 1,532 |
| General Social Survey 1977 | 1977-02-09 to 1977-04-24 | face to face | 1,530 | 1,530 |
| General Social Survey 1975 | 1975-02-28 to 1975-05-15 | face to face | 1,490 | 1,490 |
| General Social Survey 1974 | 1974 | face to face | 1,484 | 1,484 |