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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 |
| White | 71% | 20% | 9% | 4904 | ±2 |
| Black | 60% | 26% | 13% | 610 | ±5 |
| Hispanic | 60% | 27% | 13% | 690 | ±5 |
| Asian | 75% | 19% | 6% | 169 | ±9 |
| Other | 68% | 22% | 10% | 237 | ±10 |
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.