"The West Health-Gallup Survey was conducted via the web from Nov. 11–18, 2024, with a nationally representative sample of 3,583 U.S. adults aged 18 and older. The margin of sampling error is ±2.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level."
OK, so is this article about what three to four thousand people are experiencing? And speculatively applied to Americans as a whole? Or are they using another source to say what "millions" of people are experiencing? And that "billions" were paid?
The part about race was done better than usual. It just said what they borrowed.
At a group level, I'd still rather see borrowing broken down across these attributes: working vs non-working; health practices; education level; income-to-spending ratio; attempts to save money. I have a feeling those attributes will be better predictors.
Since some attributes are intrinsic problems (eg poverty) and some are consumer responsibilities, we could see if disparities still exist that justify policy change vs people's circumstances or actions being primary cause. How much is personal responsibility? How much requires small changes to existing system? What requires either supplementary measures or an overhaul?
"The West Health-Gallup Survey was conducted via the web from Nov. 11–18, 2024, with a nationally representative sample of 3,583 U.S. adults aged 18 and older. The margin of sampling error is ±2.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level."
OK, so is this article about what three to four thousand people are experiencing? And speculatively applied to Americans as a whole? Or are they using another source to say what "millions" of people are experiencing? And that "billions" were paid?
The part about race was done better than usual. It just said what they borrowed.
At a group level, I'd still rather see borrowing broken down across these attributes: working vs non-working; health practices; education level; income-to-spending ratio; attempts to save money. I have a feeling those attributes will be better predictors.
Since some attributes are intrinsic problems (eg poverty) and some are consumer responsibilities, we could see if disparities still exist that justify policy change vs people's circumstances or actions being primary cause. How much is personal responsibility? How much requires small changes to existing system? What requires either supplementary measures or an overhaul?
>OK, so is this article about what three to four thousand people are experiencing? And speculatively applied to Americans as a whole?
Are you implying Gallup did not conduct the study correctly? They are among the most credible sources you could hope to find.