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In the last 12 months, how many times was your household unable to pay an energy bill or unable to pay the full bill amount?

Asked of: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006

In the past 12 months, how often could your household not pay its full energy bill?

Unable to pay full energy bill · Asked in 39 waves, 2021–2024 · 2,179,187 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51, week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Never77%

1 or 2 months8%

Some months9%

Almost every month6%

Shares in 2024

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

Never

1 or 2 months

Some months

Almost every month

18–29

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Almost every monthSome months1 or 2 monthsNever

Answers as the source codes them

Almost every monthSome months1 or 2 monthsNeverSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16	web	51,280	47,088
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19	web	59,913	55,332
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	61,372
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	62,950
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	62,765
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable ENRGY_BILL. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29	web	73,352

Group	Almost every month	Some months	1 or 2 months	Never	n	MoE
All respondents	6%	9%	8%	77%	47088	±0.9
AK	3%	11%	11%	75%	490	±8
AL	8%	11%	11%	71%	724	±5
AR	3%	6%	10%	81%	765	±5
AZ	5%	10%	6%	79%	1199	±4
CA	8%	11%	8%	74%	3025	±4
CO	6%	8%	8%	78%	1188	±4
CT	8%	13%	9%	70%	782	±5
DC	3%	6%	3%	88%	551	±8
DE	6%	6%	5%	83%	491	±7
FL	4%	7%	9%	80%	1540	±4
GA	5%	13%	8%	74%	1055	±5
HI	9%	9%	8%	75%	502	±7
IA	3%	7%	9%	82%	744	±5
ID	5%	9%	6%	80%	1011	±4
IL	5%	9%	8%	77%	1080	±4
IN	6%	9%	10%	74%	848	±4
KS	5%	7%	6%	81%	944	±5
KY	7%	10%	8%	75%	730	±6
LA	5%	14%	9%	72%	598	±5
MA	8%	10%	5%	77%	1076	±4
MD	4%	10%	7%	79%	1056	±4
ME	12%	7%	6%	75%	544	±6
MI	8%	10%	9%	74%	1160	±4
MN	5%	6%	6%	83%	987	±4
MO	5%	8%	8%	79%	862	±5
MS	11%	12%	10%	67%	622	±6
MT	2%	10%	5%	83%	558	±6
NC	4%	11%	8%	77%	790	±6
ND	3%	8%	7%	82%	338	±8
NE	6%	7%	7%	80%	808	±5
NH	3%	10%	9%	78%	824	±6
NJ	7%	11%	10%	72%	807	±5
NM	6%	12%	9%	73%	968	±5
NV	5%	8%	8%	79%	709	±6
NY	8%	9%	6%	76%	814	±5
OH	5%	10%	10%	75%	850	±5
OK	5%	8%	11%	76%	800	±5
OR	5%	9%	8%	78%	1225	±4
PA	6%	11%	8%	76%	1122	±5
RI	4%	11%	6%	79%	465	±6
SC	6%	8%	7%	79%	758	±5
SD	5%	7%	6%	82%	504	±6
TN	6%	11%	6%	76%	902	±5
TX	5%	8%	11%	77%	2251	±4
UT	5%	7%	11%	76%	1551	±4
VA	4%	10%	8%	78%	1291	±4
VT	3%	6%	14%	77%	414	±8
WA	4%	6%	6%	84%	1977	±4
WI	3%	7%	7%	84%	819	±5
WV	7%	12%	7%	74%	596	±6
WY	7%	12%	8%	73%	373	±9