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Overall, how would you say the lifetime financial benefits of your educational program compare to its financial costs?
Lifetime financial benefits versus costs of educational program · Asked in 5 waves, 2014–2018 · 19,030 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. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Financial benefits are much larger | Financial benefits are somewhat larger | About the same financial benefits and financial costs | Financial costs are somewhat larger | Financial costs are much larger | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| 41% |
| 23% |
| 21% |
| 9% |
| 7% |
| 5436 |
| ±2 |
| Rural | 38% | 23% | 22% | 9% | 9% | 549 | ±5 |
SHED 2018 · 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.