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Compared to 12 months ago, would you say that you (and your family) are better off, the same, or worse off financially?
Financially better or worse off than a year ago · Asked in 12 waves, 2014–2025 · 125,642 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of B3 first asked in 2014: wording or answer options differ from shed:B3.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Much worse off | Somewhat worse off | About the same | Somewhat better off | Much better off | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 24 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 8 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 10 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 14 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 20 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 6% |
| 22% |
| 49% |
| 18% |
| 6% |
| 12934 |
| ±0.9 |
| Men | 6% | 20% | 49% | 19% | 7% | 6458 | ±1 |
| Women | 6% | 24% | 49% | 17% | 5% | 6476 | ±1 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 |
| web |
| 12,187 |
| 12,187 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 6,610 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 5,642 |
| SHED 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-31 | web | 5,896 | 5,896 |