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Underlying poll: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/10/08/national-report-101221-final.pdf https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/10/08/national-report-... Unfortunately, they didn’t ask how much savings the responding households had prior to the pandemic, which makes the headline answer hard to evaluate. The closest it gets is “Is your financial situation now better, worse, or about the same as it was before the Covid-19 outbreak?” (Page 18). 23% said “A little worse” and 9% said “A lot worse.” 49% about the same, 15% a little better, 4% a lot better.