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What language(s) do you speak at home? PLEASE FILL IN At home, I speak... Second response
Language spoken at home, second response · Asked in 2 waves, 1996–2004 · 247 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.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 164 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 83 |
| Group | English | Spanish | Polish | French | Hebrew | Russian | Tagalog | Chinese | Italian | Romanian | German | Hungarian | Navajo | Malayam | Arabic | Farsi-persian | Serbian | Lithuanian | Gujarati | Slovak | Japanese | Portuguese | Vietnamese | Norwegian | Latin | Hindu | Swedish | Vesaya | American sign language | Oriya | Hnong | Pangasian | Macednian | Hawaiian | Fulani | Greek | Cajun | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents | 25% | 42% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 1% | – | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 164 | ±9 | |
| Less than high school † | 33% | 53% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7% | – | – | – | – | 5% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | ±21 | |
| High school † | 25% | 46% | – | 1% | – | – | 11% | – | – | – | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3% | – | – | – | – | 2% | – | 5% | – | 2% | – | – | – | – | 5% | – | 44 | ±18 | |
| Some college † | 23% | 46% | 2% | 3% | – | 2% | – | – | 2% | 1% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2% | – | – | – | – | 3% | – | 3% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | 6% | 4% | – | 46 | ||
| Bachelor's † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | ±23 |
| Postgraduate † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | ±26 |
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.
| ±16 |