Are you behind on payments or in collections for one or more of the student loans from your own education?
Behind on student loan payments or in collections · Asked in 10 waves, 2015–2024 · 14,950 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 | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 80% | 20% | 1467 | ±3 | |
| 18–29 | 84% | 16% | 537 | ±5 | |
| 30–44 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2024 7 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 1,467 |
| SHED 2023 9 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 1,461 |
| SHED 2022 8 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 1,732 |
| SHED 2021 8 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 1,647 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 1,759 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 1,923 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 1,640 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 1,690 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 |
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.
| 79% |
| 21% |
| 584 |
| ±4 |
| 45–64 | 76% | 24% | 294 | ±6 |
| 65+ † | 76% | 24% | 52 | ±15 |
SHED 2024 · 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.
| web |
| 6,610 |
| 919 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 712 |