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Still thinking about the most recent financial fraud or scam you experienced in the past year, how much time have you spent trying to recover funds or dealing with the consequences?
Time spent dealing with financial fraud or scam · Asked in 2 waves, 2024–2025 · 2,154 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 | Less than 1 hour | 1 to 9 hours | 10 to 39 hours | 40 to 79 hours | 80 hours or more | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 34% |
| 36% |
| 14% |
| 7% |
| 8% |
| 1093 |
| ±3 |
| 18–29 | 31% | 37% | 14% | 8% | 10% | 147 | ±9 |
| 30–44 | 28% | 38% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 252 | ±6 |
| 45–64 | 37% | 35% | 15% | 5% | 7% | 365 | ±5 |
| 65+ | 38% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 329 | ±6 |
SHED 2025 · 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.