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The 2024 Stress in America™ survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Psychological Association between August 1-23, 2024, among 3,305 adults ages 18+ who reside in the U.S. that serves as a nationally representative sample. In addition, oversamples were collected to allow for subgroup analysis by racial/ethnic groups. Sample sizes across the national and oversamples are as follows:

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.

Data was weighted where necessary to reflect its proportions in the population based on the 2023 Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, PEW NPORS 2023 (for frequency of internet use and political party affiliation) and PEW 2021 (for language use). Weighting variables included age by gender, race/ethnicity, education, region, household income, frequency of internet use, and political party affiliation to bring them in line with their actual proportions in the population. Hispanic adults were also weighted for acculturation, taking into account respondents' household language as well as their ability to read and speak in English and Spanish. Country of origin (U.S./non-U.S.) was also included for Hispanic and Asian subgroups.

Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in Harris surveys. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data is accurate to within ±2.2 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. This credible interval will be wider among subsets of the surveyed population of interest.

All sample surveys and polls, whether they use probability sampling, are subject to other multiple sources of error that are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including, but not limited to coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and postsurvey weighting and adjustments.

Throughout the report, mentions of political parties are defined by those who self-identify as registered voters of the Democratic or Republican party.