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Over the past year, have you or your family living with you experienced any financial hardship such as a job loss, drop in income, health emergency, divorce, or loss of your home?
Experienced financial hardship in the past year · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2015 · 11,538 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of X1 first asked in 2014: wording or answer options differ from shed:X1.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
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.
| Group | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 82% | 18% | 5642 | ±2 | |
| Northeast | 83% | 17% | 1006 | ±4 | |
| Midwest | 83% | 17% | 1386 | ±3 |
| South | 82% | 18% | 1978 | ±3 |
| West | 79% | 21% | 1272 | ±4 |
SHED 2015 · 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.