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Since 2008, have you or your household had to use up some, nearly all, or all of your savings to pay for bills and expenses?

Since 2008, have you had to use up your household's savings to pay for bills and expenses?

Used up savings for expenses since 2008 · Asked in 1 wave, 2013 · 2,845 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

NoYes, someYes, nearly allYes, all

Group	No	Yes, some	Yes, nearly all	Yes, all	n	MoE
All respondents	44%	32%	11%	12%	2845	±2
18–29	31%	39%	17%	13%	262	±7
30–44	39%	31%	15%	16%	549	±5
45–64	48%	29%	11%	13%	1256	±3
65+	51%	35%	6%	7%	778	±4

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, someYes, nearly allYes, allRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2013	2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30	web	4,134	2,845