Overview
This document contains supplemental information to the Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2019, Featuring Supplemental Data from April 2020, which summarizes the results from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) fielded in October 2019. This is the seventh year of the survey, conducted annually by staff in the Board's Division of Consumer and Community Affairs each fall since 2013.
Appendix A of this supplement reflects the complete questionnaire used in administering the 2019 SHED. (For more details on the survey mode and sample, see the "Description of the Survey" section of the full report, available at www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm.)
Appendix B presents the responses to all the 2019 survey questions in the order that the questions were asked of respondents, as well as a summary of the demographic statistics of survey respondents.
Appendix C reflects the complete questionnaire used in administering a supplemental survey in April 2020, which was conducted to obtain an updated perspective on financial conditions resulting from COVID-19. (For more details on the supplemental survey, see the "Financial Repercussions from COVID-19" section of the full report, available at www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm.)
Appendix D presents the responses to all the April 2020 supplemental survey questions in the order that the questions were asked of respondents, as well as a summary of the demographic statistics of survey respondents.
For additional details on the SHED, including data and reports of survey findings from all past years, see www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm.