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Overall, how would you say the lifetime financial benefits of your (current/most recent) educational program compare to its costs?
Lifetime financial benefits of education versus its costs · Asked in 4 waves, 2019–2022 · 11,656 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of ED5 first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:ED5.
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 | Financial benefits are much larger | Financial benefits are somewhat larger | About the same | Financial costs are somewhat larger | Financial costs are much larger | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 16% |
| 14% |
| 41% |
| 12% |
| 17% |
| 2794 |
| ±2 |
| 18–29 | 21% | 18% | 33% | 17% | 12% | 480 | ±5 |
| 30–44 | 9% | 12% | 43% | 14% | 23% | 548 | ±4 |
| 45–64 | 15% | 11% | 43% | 11% | 20% | 927 | ±4 |
| 65+ | 18% | 15% | 44% | 9% | 13% | 839 | ±4 |
SHED 2022 · 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.