Borrowing parents worry more about finances

A survey asked people who had taken out student loans how often "my finances control my life." The good news is that most borrowers say that happens "sometimes," "rarely" or "never." But parents who took out loans for their kids' educations said "often" or "always" more frequently than borrowers overall.

Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: 2017 U.S. Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking Get the data