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Do You Stick to a Monthly Budget

Find out how your saving prowess compares in an AARP Bulletin national poll

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Paycheck in. Paycheck out. That’s the extent of for some people. But others are much better at setting up a and following it. See also: To find out how Americans view their own budgeting prowess, the AARP Bulletin teamed up with the independent research firm of ORC International on a national poll. Here’s what they found.

American Adults and Their Personal Budget

Ages 18-49 50-plus Do you have a monthly budget that you try to follow? Yes 71% 69% No 29% 31% If you don’t follow a monthly budget, what’s the main reason? Not worth my time 22 21 Don’t have time 20 5 Spend all my earnings 15 12 Tried, didn’t work 14 14 Don’t know how to set one up 9 4 Someone else does it for me 4 5 Another reason 16 39 If you don’t have a budget, do you wish you did? Yes 36 25 No 64 75
The results were taken from a survey of 1,019 adults age 18 and older conducted Feb. 23-26, 2012. Also of interest:

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