Report · Culture
Four in ten Americans don't know anyone in another country
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Most Americans (60%) talk to people in other countries at least occasionally, while 40% say they do not know people in other countries, according to an April 2024 Verasight survey.
For many the contact is routine: 28% talk with people abroad at least once a week, including 17% who do so more than once a week. Another 7% connect every other week, 11% about once a month, and 14% less often than that.
Topline
Topline distribution
Four in ten Americans don't know anyone in another country.
How often, if at all, do you talk to people from other countries?
- I do not know people in other countries 40.2%
- I talk to people in other countries more than once a week 16.7%
- I talk to people in other countries less than once a month 14.2%
- I talk to people in other countries about once a week 11.2%
- I talk to people in other countries about once a month 10.6%
- I talk to people in other countries every other week 7.2%
Methodology
Full methodology- Mode
- Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Field dates
- 2024-04-10 → 2024-04-15
- Base (unweighted)
- 1,000
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.5%
- Module
- 2
Source
Citation
Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2024-037, fielded April 10-15, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.