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Credit Card Ownership and Use
The David W. Moore Gallup Organization has released a study on our credit card usage showing that eight out of ten Americans have credit cards. Among households with incomes above $50,000, 93 percent carry credit cards, as do 82 percent of those with household incomes of $30,000 to $50,000. The table below shows how cardholders pay their bills.
| How People Pay Their Credit Card Bills | |
|---|---|
| Percent | |
| Always pay full amount | 42 |
| Usually pay full amount | 16 |
| Always pay as much as they can | 29 |
| Usually pay minimum amount | 11 |
| Pay less than minimum amount | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Source: Gallup Organization.
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