Poll Results: Finances

April 09, 2015, 6:02 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed April 3 - 6, 2015 on magazines. The results show that most people do not subscribe to any magazines. The margin of error is 4.2%.

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Would you say that you and your family are...
Better off financially than you were a year ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15%
About the same financially as you were a year ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
Worse off financially than you were a year ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%

Do you think that you and your family will be...
Better off financially a year from now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
About the same financially a year from now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%
Worse off financially a year from now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%

Which best describes your current financial situation?
I’m making enough money to live comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
I’m not making enough money to live comfortably, but I can get by . . . . . . .44%
I’m not making enough money to get by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

How often, at all, do you find yourself worrying about your financial situation?
All the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%
Sometimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47%
Rarely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Never . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%

Which best describes your current work situation?
My job makes good use of my skills and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
My job doesn’t make good use of my skills and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
I am not currently working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

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