Underlying poll: <a href="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/10/08/national-report-101221-final.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/10/08/national-report-...</a><p>Unfortunately, they didn’t ask how much savings the responding households had prior to the pandemic, which makes the headline answer hard to evaluate.<p>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).<p>23% said “A little worse” and 9% said “A lot worse.” 49% about the same, 15% a little better, 4% a lot better.