# Few Americans feel obligated to financially support an incarcerated relative

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/money/few-americans-feel-obligated-to-financially-support-an-incarcerated-relative/

> Indexed question in Money & Finance.

## Reading

Just 20% of Americans agree that families should financially support incarcerated relatives during their incarceration, including 6% who strongly agree, according to a March 2026 Verasight survey.

A larger share disagrees (36%, including 14% who strongly disagree), while the largest group of all, 44%, stays neutral.

## Topline

People should provide financial support to their incarcerated family members during their incarceration period.

Few Americans feel obligated to financially support an incarcerated relative.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neutral: 44.2%
- Disagree: 21.6%
- Agree: 14.2%
- Strongly disagree: 13.9%
- Strongly agree: 6.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-16
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Module 2: Economics, Work, & Policy
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-2-21](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-2-21)

## Citation

Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-2-21](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-2-21)