Consumer reasons for taking out a credit card in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 3, 2015
This statistic illustrates the reasons given by consumers as to why they decided to take out their main credit card, in the United Kingdom (UK) in November 2015. A total of 23 percent of those consumers surveyed stated that online purchases had an impact on their decision to take out their main credit card.

United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card?

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Release date

November 2015

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November 2015

Number of respondents

25,879 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Sample broken down as follows:
65 percent had credit card(s) and used it/them in the last 12 months. (active users): 25,879 weighted.
5 percent had credit card(s) but did not use it/them in the last 12 months. (inactive users): 2014.
30 percent did not have a credit card (non-users): 11944.

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