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 2 waves, 2013–2015 · 9,776 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 | 56% | 23% | 21% | 5642 | ±2 | |
| White |
| 63% |
| 19% |
| 18% |
| 4117 |
| ±2 |
| Black | 42% | 26% | 32% | 567 | ±5 |
| Hispanic | 38% | 34% | 28% | 589 | ±5 |
| Asian | 66% | 28% | 5% | 158 | ±9 |
| Other | 39% | 20% | 42% | 211 | ±11 |
SHED 2015 · 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.