In general, how well informed are you about Social Security -- that is, the benefits available, who is and is not covered, and so on? Would you say you are very well informed, fairly well informed, not too well informed, or not at all informed?

Black Population

General Population

   

How Well Informed

       

How Well Informed

     
 

Very

Well

%

Fairly

Well

%

Not Too

Well

%

Not

At All

%

D/K

%

(N)

Very

Well

%

Fairly

Well

%

Not Too

Well

%

Not

At All

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

20

41

31

4

4

850

17

45

31

7

1

850

White

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

47

30

5

1

709

Men

Women

20

20

45

37

25

36

5

3

5

3

400

450

18

17

44

46

31

30

7

6

1

1

412

438

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

18

11

18

24

35

51

26

40

47

46

15

56

34

25

10

5

6

4

4

-

12

1

4

-

9

127

168

257

175

88

15

12

19

15

26

30

39

43

57

52

49

36

32

21

22

3

13

7

5

-

2

-

-

2

1

76

160

301

175

106

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

16

23

18

34

35

29

47

37

41

39

26

24

2

5

5

5

6

4

4

-

153

156

452

88

20

14

18

18

47

43

47

41

27

37

27

32

6

5

7

9

-

1

1

-

172

205

296

177

Less Than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech/Voc

College/Postgraduate Degree

24

17

26

18

11

35

44

56

38

42

23

24

9

2

7

-

18

4

-

3

97

277

184

259

12

18

20

15

49

37

47

48

35

38

26

30

4

7

6

8

-

-

2

-

51

228

239

315

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$75,000

More than $75,000

13

19

20

33

20

55

45

48

32

19

34

20

8

7

1

-

26

-

-

-

75

129

250

104

27

20

16

17

18

38

43

56

27

37

34

27

29

6

6

-

-

-

2

-

45

157

328

164

Children

No Children

15

24

37

42

38

28

1

5

8

2

326

470

15

19

45

44

32

30

8

6

-

1

318

470