During the past 12 months, how often have you done any of the following things for people you know personally, such as relatives, friends, neighbors or other acquaintances? C. Spent time talking with someone who was a bit down or depressed
Talked with someone feeling down in past year · Asked in 4 waves, 2002–2014 · 5,071 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 | More than once a week | Once a week | Once a month | At least two or three times in the past year |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,274 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,308 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,340 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,149 |
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.
| Once in the past year |
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| Not at all in the past year |
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| n |
|---|
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 14% | 14% | 23% | 31% | 8% | 11% | 1274 | ±3 | |
| Men | 8% | 10% | 22% | 36% | 11% | 14% | 587 | ±5 | |
| Women | 19% | 17% | 24% | 27% | 5% | 8% | 687 | ±4 |
General Social Survey 2014 · 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.