ʻO kahi noiʻi hui ʻia e Debt.com a me ka Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) e hōʻike ana i ka poʻe kahiko a me nā ʻōpio i pane i ka wai i kā lākou waihona kālā ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO Gen Z (mau makahiki 18-24) i hana nui loa, ma ka 72%, a ukali ʻia e ka Silent Generation (75 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku) ma 61%.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hanauna ʻekolu ma waena o ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou mālama kālā i ka wā maʻi maʻi, akā pili mau ka helu. ʻO ka hapalua wale nō o nā Millennials (51%) i paʻi i kā lākou mālama kālā, a ukali ʻia e Gen Xers ma 45%. Ma ke ʻano nui, hiki i nā Baby Boomers ke mālama i kā lākou waihona, me 29% wale nō o nā Boomers e ʻōlelo nei ua lawe lākou i nā waihona.
"ʻO ka haʻalulu hoʻokele waiwai o ka maʻi maʻi - a me kāna mau hopena - e pili ana i ka poʻe kahiko a me nā ʻōpio ʻoi loa ma ʻAmelika," wahi a Debt.com Luna Hoʻokele Howard Dvorkin, CPA. "Ua hāʻule hou ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻAmelika ma hope o ke kālā a ke kali nei i nā pahuhopu ola e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea e like me ka hōʻaiʻē haumāna. I kēia manawa aia lākou ma hope ma muli o COVID. ʻAʻole wale ka liʻiliʻi o kā lākou mālama kālā, akā ua hōʻike pū kekahi helu nui ua nalowale lākou i ka loaʻa kālā a lawe i ka hōʻaiʻē kāleka ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻAmelika ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻōki i ka uku ʻana i kā lākou kāleka hōʻaiʻē i kekahi manawa i ka wā maʻi maʻi. ʻOi aku ka hapalua o nā pane noiʻi Gen Z (57%) i ʻae ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke mālama i kēlā mau bila. E hoʻohālikelike i kēlā me 17% wale nō o Baby Boomers a me 21% o Gen Xers i ʻōlelo like.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana e hele mālie ana ka Silent Generation i ka aie kāleka hōʻaiʻē. Hoʻokahi i loko o ʻekolu he ʻoi aku ma mua o $30,000 i ka ʻaiʻē kāleka hōʻaiʻē, a kokoke 5% i ʻoi aku ma mua o $50,000. ʻOi aku ma mua o 4 i ka 10 e lawe i ka aie kāleka hōʻaiʻē i kēlā me kēia mahina.
Ua ʻike ʻo FAU BEPI, ʻo Monica Escaleras, ʻaʻole i kū wale nā ʻokoʻa ma muli o ka makahiki, akā ma ka wahi. "ʻO nā hanauna ʻōpio a me ka poʻe ma Northeast a me West ua lawe hou aku i ka aie kāleka hōʻaiʻē," wahi a Escaleras. "Ua hōʻike pū kekahi poʻe ma Northeast a me West i ka hapa nui o ka loaʻa kālā ma muli o COVID-19 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Hema a me Midwest."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe Midwesterners ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa kūloko i nā helu āpau. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ka poho o ka loaʻa kālā, ka liʻiliʻi o ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē kāleka hōʻaiʻē a hoʻōki i ka uku ʻana, a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka lawe ʻana i ke kālā mai loko mai o ka waihona.
"E like me ka hoʻolaha ʻole ʻana o COVID-19 ma waena o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole kūlike ka pōʻino kālā," wahi a Dvorkin. "Haʻi mai nā ʻikepili holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai a mākou i uku ai, akā ʻaʻole lākou e haʻi i ka moʻolelo piha."
