Americans Will Spend More on Back-to-School Shopping This Year Than Before COVID-19
Parents care more about sending their kids back to the classroom with expensive threads than devices, a new Debt.com survey finds.
Financial Research
Follow financial trends and get insight on what consumers really think about debt, credit and personal finance with original surveys and data studies from Debt.com.
Americans Will Spend More Preparing for Natural Disasters Because of COVID-19
A new survey shows the pandemic has raised security concerns – and not just from health scares.
Why Don’t More College Students Apply for FAFSA?
Every year, more than $2 billion worth of free money for college goes unused. But why?
Americans Are Budgeting More Than Ever
Building a successful household budget is one of the keys to financial success, but budgeting is a notorious hassle. Although technology has made things easier, many people still prefer the old-school methods to make a budget.
The Pandemic and Plastic: How COVID-19 Has Changed Credit Cards – Now and in the Future
Debt.com conducted a nationwide online survey to ask people about their perspectives on credit cards and how they use them. We also explored people’s knowledge of credit to see how much people know about the credit they use every day.
How Important Is Valentine’s Day During a Pandemic?
More will forgo the holiday, but those who embrace it will spend the same.
The Pandemic Changes How Americans Think About Money
The pandemic has had such a major impact on Americans’ finances and psyche that even those who didn’t lose part of their income are now rethinking how to approach spending and saving.
Americans Will Spend Less This Holiday Season
For the first time in a decade Americans will spend less on the holidays this year.
Many Americans Can’t Afford to Pay Off Less than $5,000 in Medical Debt
Debt.com survey shows how little it takes to end up in collections.
Debt.com/MoneyWise.com Survey: Debt Doesn’t Always Cause Divorce, But a Divorce Will Always Cause Debt
Debt and financial disagreements can certainly lead to unhappiness in marriage – but it’s not why most break their vows.
More Details about Financial Research from Debt.com
At Debt.com, we strive to understand what consumers think about debt and how they really feel about their finances and credit. That’s why we’re constantly polling and surveying consumers on a wide-range of financial research topics. This allows us to follow key trends in consumer finance and helps drive our development of new resources and tools that support consumers in their efforts to achieve long-term financial stability.
Most of the financial research studies you see listed above are conducted by Debt.com’s research team through Survey Monkey. We acquire survey participants by reaching out to our email subscribers and social media audience. So, by and large, most of the respondents who take our surveys are consumers who are actively seeking debt, credit and budgeting solutions, or who have looked for these types of solutions in the past. All surveys we conduct require a minimum sample size of 1,000 respondents.
You can find the specific survey methodology for each survey at the bottom of each financial research study. We encourage you to use this information to gain a better understanding of consumer sentiments when it comes to personal finance. If you’re using this research for an article that will be published online, please link back to the original study when possible, so your readers have the opportunity to look at the full results themselves.
In addition, if you’d like to talk to a financial expert about any results you see here or request an in-depth interview, please reach out to our media contact Jillana Ourth at jourth@debt.com. You can also ask follow-up questions using the form on the right side of this page.