Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 30, 2023
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August 30, 2023: Thirty-six percent (36%) of voters have bought back-to-school supplies for themselves or their family members over the past few weeks. A Scott Rasmussen National survey found that, among those who have bought school supplies, 78% say those school supplies have been more expensive than in previous years. This includes 34% who say they have been much more expensive. The survey also found that just 11% say those school supplies have been less expensive than in previous years, and 8% say they have been about the same.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 14-15, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the -sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Have you, in the last few weeks, bought back-to-school supplies for yourself or your family members?
- 36%-Yes
- 62%-No
- 2%-Not sure
[Asked of those who say yes] Compared to previous years, do school supplies seem to be more expensive, less expensive, or about the same?
- 34%-Much more expensive
- 44%-Somewhat more expensive
- 9%-Somewhat less expensive
- 2%-Much less expensive
- 8%-About the same
- 2%-Not sure
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