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Think of your parents when they were your age. Would you say you (and your family) are better, the same, or worse off financially than they were?
Financially better or worse off than parents · Asked in 10 waves, 2014–2023 · 100,413 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | Much worse off | Somewhat worse off | About the same | Somewhat better off | Much better off | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2023 48 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 42 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 56 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 12,187 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 6,610 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 5,642 |
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.
| 8% |
| 17% |
| 22% |
| 29% |
| 24% |
| 11400 |
| ±1 |
| 18–29 | 10% | 19% | 22% | 28% | 21% | 1739 | ±3 |
| 30–44 | 10% | 17% | 22% | 28% | 22% | 2580 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 8% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 24% | 3855 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 4% | 12% | 21% | 31% | 31% | 3226 | ±2 |
SHED 2023 · 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.
| SHED 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-31 | web | 5,896 | 5,896 |