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.
| Group | Very confident | Somewhat confident | Not confident | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 47% | 23% | 30% | 5896 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school |
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.
| 22% |
| 25% |
| 53% |
| 360 |
| ±7 |
| High school | 44% | 24% | 32% | 1839 | ±3 |
| Some college | 41% | 23% | 36% | 1881 | ±3 |
| Bachelor's | 59% | 21% | 20% | 1122 | ±4 |
| Postgraduate | 67% | 21% | 12% | 694 | ±4 |
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.