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 | |
| Northeast |
| 62% |
| 21% |
| 17% |
| 1006 |
| ±4 |
| Midwest | 61% | 19% | 20% | 1386 | ±3 |
| South | 53% | 25% | 22% | 1978 | ±3 |
| West | 53% | 25% | 22% | 1272 | ±4 |
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.