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What language(s) do you speak at home? PLEASE FILL IN At home, I speak... First response
Language spoken at home, first response · Asked in 2 waves, 1996–2004 · 2,583 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,216 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,367 |
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 | English | Spanish | Polish | French | Hebrew | Russian | Tagalog | Chinese | Urdu | Italian | Romanian | German | Pashtu | Chamorro | Ukranian | Hungarian | Turkish | Khmer | Korean | Navajo | Arabic | Gujarati | Portuguese | Vietnamese | Hindu | Armenian | American sign language | Cambodian | Spanglish | Tigrigna | Marathi | Wolof | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 93% | 4% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1216 | ±3 | |
| Democrats | 92% | 4% | 0% | – | – | 0% | – | 1% | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 415 | ±6 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 92% | 6% | 0% | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 427 | ±6 | |
| Republicans | 97% | 1% | – | 1% | – | – | 1% | 1% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 360 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2004 · 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.