In the past 12 months, how frequently have you paid only the minimum payment on one or more of your credit cards?
Frequency of paying only minimum credit card payment · Asked in 3 waves, 2015–2017 · 10,729 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of C4B first asked in 2015: wording or answer options differ from shed:C4B.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Never | Once | Some of the time | Most or all of the time | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 40% | 9% | 33% | 19% | 5362 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 27% |
| 12% |
| 35% |
| 25% |
| 529 |
| ±5 |
| 30–44 | 31% | 8% | 35% | 26% | 1100 | ±4 |
| 45–64 | 43% | 8% | 33% | 16% | 2272 | ±3 |
| 65+ | 56% | 7% | 26% | 11% | 1461 | ±3 |
SHED 2017 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.