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 | |
| White |
| 54% |
| 20% |
| 26% |
| 4316 |
| ±2 |
| Black | 29% | 31% | 40% | 617 | ±5 |
| Hispanic | 31% | 27% | 42% | 575 | ±5 |
| Asian | 56% | 27% | 16% | 131 | ±10 |
| Other | 33% | 26% | 41% | 257 | ±10 |
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.