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Thinking about your experience in the last 7 days, which of the following did you or your household members use to meet your spending needs? Select all that apply.

Asked of: All persons born before 2004

In the last 7 days, did you or your household use savings or sell assets to meet spending needs?

Used savings or asset sales to meet spending needs · Asked in 15 waves, 2021–2022 · 892,001 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48. Select-all checkbox item. Code 1 = box checked; 0 = left unchecked by a respondent who checked another box in the same question (derived from Census's -99); -99 = saw the question and checked nothing (skipped). The question offers no 'none of these' box, so a respondent to whom no option applied looks like one who skipped it (-99 on every box); shares of 1 and 0 are among respondents who checked at least one box.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Money from savings or selling assets or possessions (including withdrawals from retirement accounts)28%

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)72%

Shares in 2022

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

Money from savings or selling assets or possessions (including withdrawals from retirement accounts)

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)

18–29

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Money from savings or selling assets or possessions (including withdrawals from retirement accounts)

Group		Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)	Money from savings or selling assets or possessions (including withdrawals from retirement accounts)	n

Answers as the source codes them

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Money from savings or selling assets or possessions (including withdrawals from retirement accounts)Skipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 48 (2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08) Source variable SPND_SRC3. Universe: All persons born before 2004. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08	web	46,801	43,522
Household Pulse Survey, Week 47 (2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11) Source variable SPND_SRC3. Universe: All persons born before 2004. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11	web	58,304	54,158
Household Pulse Survey, Week 46 (2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13) Source variable SPND_SRC3. Universe: All persons born before 2004. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13	web	62,826	58,526
Household Pulse Survey, Week 45 (2022-04-27 to 2022-05-09) Source variable SPND_SRC3. Universe: All persons born before 2004. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2022-04-27 to 2022-05-09	web	61,767	55,747
Household Pulse Survey, Week 44 (2022-03-30 to 2022-04-11) Source variable SPND_SRC3. Universe: All persons born before 2004. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2022-03-30 to 2022-04-11	web	63,769	57,722
Household Pulse Survey, Week 43 (2022-03-02 to 2022-03-14)

All respondents	72%	28%	43522	±1.0
AK	72%	28%	642	±7
AL	71%	29%	575	±6
AR	75%	25%	644	±5
AZ	66%	34%	1103	±5
CA	71%	29%	2843	±4
CO	70%	30%	1115	±4
CT	68%	32%	672	±5
DC	80%	20%	655	±7
DE	77%	23%	435	±8
FL	71%	29%	1342	±4
GA	74%	26%	1025	±5
HI	76%	24%	525	±7
IA	71%	29%	784	±5
ID	74%	26%	756	±6
IL	73%	27%	914	±5
IN	71%	29%	823	±5
KS	71%	29%	932	±5
KY	72%	28%	686	±6
LA	74%	26%	619	±6
MA	71%	29%	1108	±5
MD	70%	30%	822	±5
ME	76%	24%	393	±7
MI	74%	26%	1174	±4
MN	76%	24%	1014	±4
MO	76%	24%	809	±5
MS	71%	29%	436	±6
MT	68%	32%	462	±8
NC	73%	27%	727	±5
ND	72%	28%	486	±6
NE	72%	28%	838	±5
NH	66%	34%	744	±5
NJ	69%	31%	695	±6
NM	69%	31%	689	±6
NV	70%	30%	663	±6
NY	75%	25%	689	±6
OH	73%	27%	768	±5
OK	72%	28%	747	±5
OR	70%	30%	1233	±4
PA	74%	26%	1001	±5
RI	73%	27%	339	±7
SC	73%	27%	735	±5
SD	66%	34%	535	±6
TN	78%	22%	775	±5
TX	70%	30%	2134	±4
UT	68%	32%	1230	±4
VA	73%	27%	1106	±5
VT	74%	26%	447	±7
WA	68%	32%	1902	±3
WI	70%	30%	779	±5
WV	71%	29%	425	±7
WY	68%	32%	527	±6