the education gradient in a new minnesota poll

some fresh locally grown data via the strib's minnesota poll, conducted last week:

the poll of 1,042 minnesota adults includes some useful information on loss in wages and benefits, support for president obama's economic policies, and subjective financial well-being. with regard to the latter, the education gradient shown above caught my eye.

about 56 percent of college grads considered their financial situation to be good or excellent, relative to about 35 percent of those who had not attended college. about 9 percent of college grads considered their financial situation to be poor, relative to 21 percent of those with some college, and 26 percent of those with no college.

i didn't graph it, but there's also an intriguing age story here that's likely bound up with the education results. relative to every other age group, those aged 35-44 were far more likely to rate their financial situation as good or excellent (51 percent) and less likely to rate their situation as poor (13 percent).