On a scale from zero to ten, where zero is not at all willing to take risks and ten is very willing to take risks, what number would be on the scale?
Willingness to take risks on a zero to ten scale · Asked in 2 waves, 2018–2019 · 23,489 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.
| Group | Not at all | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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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.
| 7 |
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| 8 |
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| 9 |
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| Very willing |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 14% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 12173 | ±1 | |
| 18–29 | 13% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 21% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1941 | ±3 | |
| 30–44 | 13% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 21% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 2610 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 14% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 20% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 4349 | ±2 | |
| 65+ | 19% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 21% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 3273 | ±2 |
SHED 2019 · 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.