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A. Do you agree or disagree ... both the husband and the wife should contribute to the household income.
Both spouses should contribute to household income · Asked in 2 waves, 1994–2012 · 2,749 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
2002 answers are a separate question (gss:twoincs1_2002): no one was recorded as answering 'disagree' that year (only 'strongly disagree'), so the answer options evidently differed.
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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 1,447 |
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.
| 19% |
| 45% |
| 25% |
| 9% |
| 1% |
| 1302 |
| ±3 |
| Northeast | 23% | 48% | 22% | 5% | 2% | 215 | ±9 |
| Midwest | 16% | 45% | 27% | 10% | 2% | 305 | ±6 |
| South | 19% | 48% | 20% | 12% | 1% | 489 | ±5 |
| West | 20% | 40% | 31% | 8% | 1% | 293 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2012 · 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.