NEW YORK, Aug. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the US economy suffers sharpest downturn since 1940’s, the results of a new national survey of Americans show the potential devastating effect that could be left in its wake: one in 10 (12%) Americans believe they’re likely to declare bankruptcy in the next 60 days—including 13,794,300 (6%) Americans who say they are very likely to do so.
The survey conducted by Maru/Blue Public Opinion also reveals the potential household carnage as one quarter (24%) of Americans also say they’re not likely to be able to afford a roof over their own/families head in the next 60 days—22,990,500 (10%) who say they’ll be very unlikely to do so—and one in six (18%) say they’ll likely default on making payments on major loans or a mortgage—20,691,450 (9%) say they are very likely to do so—during the same timeframe.
What is notable in this latest sounding is how many of those indicating they are very likely to be affected with each measure—those on the precipice—earn $100k+ per annum household income.
The entire study can be found here.
These are some of the findings of a Maru/Blue Public Opinion Poll conducted among 1,511 random selected American adults who are members of Maru/Blue‘s Maru Springboard America Online panel on July 23, 2020 and is considered nationally accurate within +/- 3.5 percentage points using a Bayesian Credibility Interval. The results have been weighted by education, age, gender, and region to match the population according to the most recent census data so that the sample is representative of the entire adult population of the United States. Conversions from percentages to population statistics are based on the 2019 US Census with a total adult population of 229,905,048. Discrepancies between the reported totals and data tables are due to rounding. Excerpts may be used freely with attribution but subject to correction, including interpretation. If any correction is necessary to this report, a new version will be posted to the Maru/Blue site as soon as possible. Detailed information about Maru/Blue Public Opinion can be found at www.marublue.com/public-opinion.The Maru/Blue Public Opinion channel does not do any work for any political party. Detailed information about Maru/Blue can be found at www.marublue.com .
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