Key Findings
The incidence of unexpected financial challenges is significant and impacts many U.S. households.
Recovering from an unexpected challenge can take months or even years.
Methodology
The AARP survey was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago on behalf of AARP.
AmeriSpeak is designed to be representative of the U.S. household population.
Respondents were randomly selected from the AmeriSpeak Panel using area probability and address-based sampling.
A total of 1,697 adults completed the survey.
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