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Households with children that had difficulty paying for usual household expenses in the past week in United States

Households with children that had difficulty paying for usual household expenses in the past week

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Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

The percentage of households with children birth to age 17 where it has been somewhat or very difficult for the household to pay for usual household expenses, including but not limited to food, rent or mortgage, car payments, medical expenses, students loans, and so on in the past week. Only respondents who provided a valid response are included. 

Data Source

Population Reference Bureau analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, 2020-2022

Notes

Updated December 2022
S - Estimates suppressed when the effective sample size is less than 30 or the 90% confidence interval is greater than 30 percentage points or 1.3 times the estimate.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Households with children that had difficulty paying for usual household expenses in the past week.

Last Updated

December 2022