Over 50% of Americans trust Google more than their schooling

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IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! 

WITH APRIL 15 JUST AROUND THE CORNER, A NEW SURVEY REVEALS THAT SOME AMERICANS WOULD RATHER DO ALMOST ANYTHING THAN FILE THEIR TAXES, INCLUDING DOING HOMEWORK (25%), TAKING THE S-A-T (11%) – EVEN DISSECTING A FROG! (14%)

THE SURVEY OF 2,000 AMERICANS SPLIT EVENLY BY GENERATION (500 GEN Z, 500 MILLENNIALS, 500 GEN X AND 500 BABY BOOMERS) ALSO ASKED  HOW MUCH PRACTICAL INFORMATION PEOPLE  LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND FOUND THAT AMERICANS FEEL LIKE THEY ONLY USE HALF (52%) OF THE INFORMATION THEY WERE TAUGHT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. 

THIS MAY ALSO BE WHY 55% ADMIT THAT THEY RELY ON GOOGLE MORE THAN THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION, WITH THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SEARCHING FIVE BASIC QUESTIONS EACH DAY.

CONDUCTED BY ONEPOLL ON BEHALF OF THE BANKING APP CHIME, THE SURVEY FOUND THAT ALMOST ONE-THIRD (32%) OF AMERICANS LEARNED ‘NOTHING AT ALL’ ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCES DURING THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION.

Survey methodology:

This random double-opt-in survey of 2,000 U.S. adults split evenly by generation (500 Gen Z, 500 millennials, 500 Gen X and 500 baby boomers) was commissioned by Chime between Feb. 29 and March 4, 2024. It was conducted by market research company OnePoll, whose team members are members of the Market Research Society and have corporate membership to the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR).