Credit card - Were you turned down or offered less credit than requested for the following types of credit in the past 12 months?
Turned down or offered less: credit card · Asked in 4 waves, 2022–2025 · 4,109 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 | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 12% | 88% | 1117 | ±3 | |
| 18–29 | 9% | 91% | 246 | ±7 | |
| 30–44 | 12% | 88% | 339 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 9 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 1,117 |
| SHED 2024 5 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 1,056 |
| SHED 2023 3 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 992 |
| SHED 2022 4 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 944 |
| ±6 |
| 45–64 | 13% | 87% | 363 | ±5 |
| 65+ | 12% | 88% | 169 | ±8 |
SHED 2025 · 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.