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If you were to apply for a credit card today, how confident are you that your application would be approved?
Confidence a credit card application would be approved · Asked in 9 waves, 2017–2025 · 107,494 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of A6 first asked in 2017: wording or answer options differ from shed:A6.
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 | Very confident | Somewhat confident | Not confident | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 65% | 20% | 14% | 12934 | ±0.9 | |
| 18–29 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 28 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 20 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 19 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 15 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 20 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 |
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.
| 47% |
| 34% |
| 19% |
| 2091 |
| ±2 |
| 30–44 | 60% | 20% | 20% | 3002 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 70% | 17% | 13% | 4200 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 80% | 14% | 6% | 3641 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · 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.
| 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 |
| web |
| 12,187 |
| 12,187 |