[Other (please specify):] Which of the following bills would you likely skip paying, or make only a partial payment on, if you had a $400 emergency expense that you had to pay?
Would skip paying other bill with a $400 emergency expense · Asked in 2 waves, 2017–2018 · 2,644 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 | 95% | 5% | 1351 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school | 93% | 7% | 107 | ±11 | |
| High school | 94% | 6% | 442 |
| ±6 |
| Some college | 95% | 5% | 556 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 96% | 4% | 159 | ±10 |
| Postgraduate | 95% | 5% | 87 | ±13 |
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.