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 | |
| White | 97% | 3% | 8392 | ±1 | |
| Black | 94% | 6% | 1187 |
| ±3 |
| Hispanic | 94% | 6% | 1404 | ±3 |
| Asian | 98% | 2% | 454 | ±5 |
| Other | 90% | 10% | 437 | ±7 |
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.