This statistic presents the length of time of emergency fund coverage of family expenses in the United States in 2019. In that year, 22 percent of the respondents revealed that that their emergency fund would cover their family expenses for more than six months.
For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?
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T. Rowe Price. (March 21, 2019). For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. "For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?." Chart. March 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. (2019). For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price. "For How Many Months Would Your Emergency Fund Cover Your Family's Expenses?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/
T. Rowe Price, For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
For how many months would your emergency fund cover your family's expenses? [Graph], T. Rowe Price, March 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/542697/us-families-time-their-emergency-fund-would-cover-family-expenses/