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Fed SHEDI20Economy, work, & money › Personal financesbehavior

In the past month, would you say that your [and/or your spouse/parnter] total spending was:

In the past month, was your total spending less than, equal to, or more than your income?

Past month spending compared with income · Asked in 1 wave, 2019 · 12,173 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Version of I20 first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:I20.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

Less than your incomeThe same as your incomeMore than your income

Group	Less than your income	The same as your income	More than your income	n	MoE
All respondents	52%	31%	17%	12173	±1
Less than high school	42%	36%	22%	428	±5
High school	46%	36%	18%	2723	±2
Some college

SHED 2019 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

Less than your incomeThe same as your incomeMore than your incomeRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2019	2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31	web	12,173	12,173