Completed more education - If you could go back and make your educational decisions again, would you have done each of these things:
Would have completed more education · 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 | 34% | 66% | 2471 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 | 38% | 62% | 234 | ±7 | |
| 30–44 | 37% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 23 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 2,471 |
| SHED 2021 25 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 |
| 63% |
| 493 |
| ±5 |
| 45–64 | 32% | 68% | 906 | ±4 |
| 65+ | 30% | 70% | 838 | ±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.