Loading…
In the past 12 months, which one of the following best describes how your income changes from month to month, if at all?
Month-to-month variation in income · Asked in 3 waves, 2013–2016 · 16,386 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 | Roughly the same amount each month | Roughly the same most months, but some unusually high or low months during the year | Often varies quite a bit from one month to the next | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 68% |
| 22% |
| 10% |
| 6610 |
| ±2 |
| 18–29 | 56% | 28% | 16% | 812 | ±4 |
| 30–44 | 66% | 24% | 10% | 1339 | ±3 |
| 45–64 | 70% | 20% | 9% | 2631 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 80% | 16% | 5% | 1828 | ±3 |
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.