# More than eight in ten feel they can choose who they interact with

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/nearly-all-americans-feel-they-can-choose-who-they-interact-with/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

A sense of control over one's social circle is widely shared. More than eight-in-ten Americans (86%) agree they can choose the people they interact with in their lives, including 29% who strongly agree.

Just 5% disagree and 9% land in between, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: I can choose the people I interact with in my life.

More than eight in ten feel they can choose who they interact with.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 36.8%
- Strongly agree: 29.3%
- Slightly agree: 19.8%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 9.1%
- Slightly disagree: 3.5%
- Disagree: 1.3%
- Strongly disagree: 0.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: society
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.35](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.35)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.35](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.35)