# Many Americans say their finances give them room to pursue their goals

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> Indexed question in Money & Finance.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey conducted Nov. 14-20, 2025, 42% of Americans agree that their financial circumstances give them the freedom to pursue their goals, including 12% who strongly agree.

A smaller share (35%) disagree, including 17% who strongly disagree. About one-in-five (21%) stay neutral, and 1% are unsure.

## Topline

My financial circumstances give me the freedom to pursue my goals.

Many Americans say their finances give them room to pursue their goals.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 30.5%
- Neutral: 21.5%
- Disagree: 18.0%
- Strongly disagree: 17.0%
- Strongly agree: 11.5%
- I don't know: 1.4%

## 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: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 3
- 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/verasight-apha-2025#financial-freedom-to-pursue-goals](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#financial-freedom-to-pursue-goals)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#financial-freedom-to-pursue-goals](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#financial-freedom-to-pursue-goals)