Do you or someone in your immediate family currently have any unpaid legal expenses, fines fees, or court costs?
Family has unpaid legal expenses, fines, or court costs · Asked in 3 waves, 2019–2021 · 35,695 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.
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 | 96% | 4% | 11874 | ±1 | |
| Less than high school | 93% | 7% | 504 | ±5 | |
| High school | 96% | 4% |
| 2311 |
| ±2 |
| Some college | 95% | 5% | 3827 | ±2 |
| Bachelor's | 98% | 2% | 2962 | ±2 |
| Postgraduate | 99% | 1% | 2270 | ±2 |
SHED 2021 · 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.