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 | |
| White | 41% | 59% | 821 | ±4 | |
| Black | 47% | 53% | 308 |
| ±6 |
| Hispanic | 47% | 53% | 218 | ±7 |
| Asian † | 28% | 72% | 37 | ±18 |
| Other † | 57% | 43% | 83 | ±14 |
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.