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Suppose you could change the way you spend your time, spending more on some things and less on others. Which of these things on the following list would you like to spend more time on, which would you like to spend less time on, and which would you like to spend the same amount of time as now? D. Time with your friends?
Desired time spent with friends · Asked in 3 waves, 1989–2006 · 4,442 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 | Spend much more | Spend a bit more | Spend same | Spend a bit less | Spend much less | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,387 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,537 |
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.
| 20% |
| 36% |
| 38% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 1518 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 19% | 40% | 34% | 5% | 2% | 476 | ±5 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 21% | 32% | 40% | 5% | 2% | 667 | ±4 |
| Republicans | 20% | 40% | 38% | 1% | 1% | 348 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2006 · 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.