Are you currently required to make monthly payments on any of your student loans from your own education?
Currently required to make student loan payments · Asked in 3 waves, 2022–2024 · 4,660 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of SL4A first asked in 2022: wording or answer options differ from shed:SL4A.
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 | 43% | 57% | 1467 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school † | Too few respondents | – | – | 8 | ±37 |
| High school † | 72% | 28% | 24 | ±22 | |
| Some college |
| 58% |
| 42% |
| 587 |
| ±4 |
| Bachelor's | 34% | 66% | 465 | ±5 |
| Postgraduate | 26% | 74% | 383 | ±5 |
SHED 2024 · 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.