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Fed SHEDT8Economy, work, & money › Banking & credit 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 student loan payment?

In the past 12 months, did you cut back spending to make your student loan payment?

Cut back spending to make student loan payment · Asked in 1 wave, 2013 · 586 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 a lot

Group	No	Yes, had to cut back a little	Yes, had to cut back a lot	n	MoE
All respondents	56%	34%	10%	586	±5
18–29	50%	40%	10%	152	±10
30–44	65%	27%	9%	218	±8
45–64

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 a lot

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2013	2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30	web	4,134	586