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Fed SHEDR2Economy, work, & money › Housing & homeownership Economy, work, & money › Personal financesbehavior

Over the past 12 months, have you had to cut back on any spending so that you could make your monthly rent payment, and if so, by how much?

In the past 12 months, did you cut back spending to pay your monthly rent, and by how much?

Cut back spending to pay monthly rent · Asked in 1 wave, 2013 · 1,051 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

NoYes, had to cut back a littleYes, had to cut back someYes, had to cut back a lot

Group	No	Yes, had to cut back a little	Yes, had to cut back some	Yes, had to cut back a lot	n	MoE
All respondents	45%	24%	15%	16%	1051	±4
White	43%	27%	15%	15%	614	±5
Black	53%	16%	13%	18%

SHED 2013 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

NoYes, had to cut back a littleYes, had to cut back someYes, had to cut back a lotRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2013	2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30	web	4,134	1,051