As of April 21, 2020, 71 percent of lower-income respondents indicated that they will spend their COVID-19 relief check on bills or for something essential they or their family needs. These COVID-19 checks were sent out to American adults to aid the financial damage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level
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Paying bills or for something essential they or their family needs
Savings
Paying off debt
Something else
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Pew Research Center. (April 21, 2020). Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/
Pew Research Center. "Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level." Chart. April 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/
Pew Research Center. "Distribution among American Adults of How Covid-19 Relief Checks Will Be Spent in 2020, by Income Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/
Pew Research Center, Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Distribution among American adults of how COVID-19 relief checks will be spent in 2020, by income level [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 21, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113728/covid-19-relief-checks-spending-income-level-us/