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[Periods of unemployment] Please indicate whether each of the following is a reason that your income changed from month to month in the past year?
Income varied from month to month due to unemployment · Asked in 3 waves, 2013–2016 · 4,932 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 | 84% | 16% | 1992 | ±3 | |
| White | 85% | 15% | 1369 | ±4 | |
| Black | 85% | 15% | 235 |
| ±8 |
| Hispanic | 81% | 19% | 265 | ±8 |
| Asian † | 79% | 21% | 50 | ±17 |
| Other † | 86% | 14% | 73 | ±19 |
SHED 2016 · 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.