Used less or stopped using products - Did you take any of the following actions because of increases in prices over the past 12 months?
Used less or stopped using products due to prices · Asked in 4 waves, 2022–2025 · 48,296 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 | 40% | 60% | 12934 | ±0.9 | |
| Northeast | 43% | 57% | 2227 | ±2 | |
| Midwest | 42% | 58% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 51 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 37 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 36 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 27 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| 2941 |
| ±2 |
| South | 39% | 61% | 4869 | ±1 |
| West | 39% | 61% | 2897 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · 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.