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Other bills - Which of the following bills would you likely skip paying, or make only a partial payment on, if you had a $400 emergency expense that you had to pay?
Would skip paying other bills after $400 emergency · Asked in 4 waves, 2019–2022 · 4,455 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of EF6B_g first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:EF6B_g.
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. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 46% | 54% | 909 | ±4 | |
| Rural | 51% | 49% | 177 | ±8 |
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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 19 imputed values recoded to -1. Split ballot: only respondents shown the $400 version. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 909 |
| SHED 2021 39 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 1,076 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 1,153 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 1,317 |