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Chosen a different field of study - If you could go back and make your educational decisions again, would you have done each of these things:
Would have chosen a different field of study · Asked in 7 waves, 2016–2022 · 17,720 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 | 60% | 40% | 2471 | ±2 | |
| Northeast | 57% | 43% | 400 | ±5 | |
| Midwest |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 26 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 2,471 |
| SHED 2021 32 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 2,482 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 2,534 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 2,858 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 2,778 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 3,115 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 1,482 |
| 60% |
| 40% |
| 526 |
| ±5 |
| South | 59% | 41% | 919 | ±4 |
| West | 62% | 38% | 626 | ±4 |
SHED 2022 · 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.