If you were to apply for a mortgage today, how confident are you that your application would be approved?
Confidence a mortgage application would be approved · Asked in 2 waves, 2013–2014 · 10,030 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
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.
| Group | Very confident | Somewhat confident | Not confident | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 47% | 23% | 30% | 5896 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 |
| 21% |
| 30% |
| 49% |
| 949 |
| ±4 |
| 30–44 | 46% | 24% | 31% | 1260 | ±3 |
| 45–64 | 55% | 20% | 25% | 2219 | ±3 |
| 65+ | 62% | 19% | 18% | 1468 | ±3 |
SHED 2014 · 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.