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E. How well do you speak that language? (IF SPEAKS 2 OR MORE, ASK ONLY OF THE MOST FLUENT LANGUAGE) READ CATEGORIES
How well respondent speaks other language · Asked in 11 waves, 2000–2024 · 8,117 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.
| Group | Very well | Well | Not well | Poorly/hardly at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 905 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 990 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 1,222 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 723 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 822 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 749 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 577 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 536 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 553 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 |
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.
| 54% |
| 22% |
| 19% |
| 5% |
| 905 |
| ±5 |
| Protestant | 45% | 21% | 28% | 7% | 271 | ±8 |
| Catholic | 63% | 15% | 17% | 6% | 277 | ±8 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±40 |
| Other faith | 64% | 29% | 5% | 3% | 122 | ±13 |
| None | 47% | 28% | 21% | 4% | 207 | ±10 |
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.
| face to face |
| 4,510 |
| 673 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 367 |