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About Resilience Lab
Resilience Lab is an independent research initiative exploring what helps households withstand disruption and continue functioning through financial, health, housing, emergency, and social uncertainty.
We believe resilience is not the same as wealth.
A wealthy household can be fragile. A middle-income household can be highly resilient.
Our goal is to better understand the factors that contribute to resilient households and continuously improve the framework through participant feedback.
The current Household Resilience Check is an exploratory screening assessment designed to provide directional insight. It is not financial, legal, medical, insurance, or professional advice.
What the current pilot explores
Pilot version 0.1 uses the same five dimensions throughout the questions, scoring, report, and methodology.
💰 Financial Resilience
Measures your household's ability to manage expenses, income disruption, unexpected costs, and long-term financial commitments.
🩺 Health Resilience
Measures access to care, ability to manage ongoing health needs, and readiness for a health-related disruption.
🏠 Housing Stability
Measures whether your household could remain safely housed through income changes, rising costs, repairs, or relocation needs.
🧭 Emergency Preparedness
Measures whether your household has essential supplies, organized records, emergency contacts, and a practical response plan.
🤝 Social Support
Measures access to trusted people and community support during financial, emotional, caregiving, or logistical disruptions.
Why this matters
Most households face disruptions at some point.
Traditional tools often focus on one dimension. Resilience Lab explores whether a household can absorb shocks, adapt, and continue functioning across several connected areas.
How feedback is used
Participant feedback helps improve questions, scoring models, recommendations, and future versions. Versions remain distinguishable so changes are not silently pooled.
Take part in the pilot
The Household Resilience Check takes about 5 minutes. U.S. adults age 18 or older may participate voluntarily.
Take the Household Resilience Check →