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Did you take out any student loans to pay for your own education that you have since repaid?
Previously repaid student loans for own education · Asked in 10 waves, 2015–2024 · 91,834 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% | 10830 | ±1 | |
| White | 78% | 22% | 7361 | ±1 | |
| Black |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2024 40 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 10,830 |
| SHED 2023 33 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 9,940 |
| SHED 2022 29 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 9,935 |
| SHED 2021 23 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 10,227 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 9,889 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 10,250 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 9,676 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 10,497 |
| 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.
| 81% |
| 19% |
| 1070 |
| ±3 |
| Hispanic | 86% | 14% | 1467 | ±3 |
| Asian | 82% | 18% | 491 | ±5 |
| Other | 88% | 12% | 441 | ±7 |
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 |
| 5,691 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 4,899 |