How confident are you that the Social Security System will continue to provide benefits of equal value to the benefits received by retirees today? Would you say that you are very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, or not at all confident about that?

Black Population

General Population

   

How Confident

       

How Confident

     
 

Very

%

Somewhat

%

Not Very

%

Not

At All

%

D/K

%

(N)

Very

%

Somewhat

%

Not Very

%

Not

At All

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

12

29

35

16

9

850

5

28

37

25

5

850

White

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

27

38

27

4

709

Men

Women

12

11

30

28

30

39

19

14

9

8

400

450

7

4

26

30

40

34

24

26

4

6

412

438

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

21

4

0

13

22

30

19

23

44

40

11

53

45

32

21

26

21

17

8

8

12

3

14

4

9

127

168

257

175

88

2

2

4

6

14

34

21

19

34

51

25

37

47

38

20

35

33

27

21

8

5

8

4

1

8

76

160

301

175

106

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

17

6

13

7

35

28

27

29

31

35

34

48

11

17

19

13

6

15

8

4

153

156

452

88

4

5

8

3

29

26

30

25

48

43

31

29

16

24

25

35

4

2

6

8

172

205

296

177

Less Than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech/Voc

College/Postgraduate Degree

11

5

6

14

21

33

34

28

36

40

38

29

8

14

22

20

25

8

1

9

97

277

184

259

20

8

2

4

45

32

29

21

24

40

33

41

12

14

31

31

-

7

6

4

51

228

239

315

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$75,000

More than $75,000

0

17

11

19

24

36

23

29

23

34

44

33

14

13

22

12

39

-

1

8

75

129

250

104

4

11

1

5

13

33

26

22

31

31

43

42

24

21

26

31

27

5

4

0

45

157

328

164

Children

No Children

10

6

29

31

39

35

14

20

9

9

326

470

4

6

22

32

43

34

25

25

7

3

318

470