Which one of the following statements best describes how well your household has been keeping up with bills and credit commitments in the past year or so, that is, from October 2023 until now?

	%
Keeping up with all bills - without any difficulties	36
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a struggle from time to time	40
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a constant struggle	17
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with some of them	3
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with many of them	1
I don't know	3

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Keeping up with all bills - without any difficulties	40	32
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a struggle from time to time	39	41
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a constant struggle	14	20
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with some of them	2	4
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with many of them	1	2
I don't know	4	2

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Keeping up with all bills - without any difficulties	25	23	30	30	36	57
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a struggle from time to time	39	47	39	43	40	33
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a constant struggle	13	22	22	20	19	9
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with some of them	1	5	5	4	3	0
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with many of them	6	1	1	1	1	0
I don't know	15	3	3	2	1	1

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Keeping up with all bills - without any difficulties	26	42	42
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a struggle from time to time	45	37	37
Keeping up with all bills - but it was a constant struggle	21	15	16
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with some of them	4	3	1
Not keeping up with all bills - had fallen behind with many of them	1	1	2
I don't know	3	2	2

 

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