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How confident are you that your household will be able to pay your next rent or mortgage payment on time? Select only one answer.

Asked of: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3

How confident are you that your household can pay the next rent or mortgage on time?

Confidence in paying next rent or mortgage on time · Asked in 27 waves, 2020–2021 · 1,464,062 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27.

In trend lines:Confidence in paying next rent or mortgage on time (2 questions), AI-matched

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Payment is/will be deferred1%

High confidence66%

Moderate confidence18%

Slight confidence9%

No confidence6%

Shares in 2021

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

Payment is/will be deferred

High confidence

Moderate confidence

Slight confidence

No confidence

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

No confidenceSlight confidenceModerate confidenceHigh confidencePayment is/will be deferred

Group		No confidence	Slight confidence	Moderate confidence

Answers as the source codes them

No confidenceSlight confidenceModerate confidenceHigh confidencePayment is/will be deferredSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29	web	77,104	43,490
Household Pulse Survey, Week 26 (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15	web	78,306	44,090
Household Pulse Survey, Week 25 (2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01	web	77,788	44,516
Household Pulse Survey, Week 24 (2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15	web	77,122	44,219
Household Pulse Survey, Week 23 (2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01	web	80,567	47,284
Household Pulse Survey, Week 22 (2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18) Source variable MORTCONF. Universe: Ask Q41 if Q39 = 2:3.	2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18	web	68,348

All respondents	6%	9%	18%	66%	1%	43490	±1.0
18–29	5%	11%	22%	61%	1%	2924	±3
30–44	7%	11%	16%	64%	2%	12356	±2
45–64	5%	9%	18%	66%	1%	18184	±1
65+	4%	6%	17%	73%	1%	10026	±2