Majority of British Columbians In Denial About Personal Debt: Poll Independent Survey Finds Credit Cards Are Leading Cause of "Debt Regret"
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/19/12 -- A whopping 60.5% of British Columbians are not comfortable with their current level of debt, in line with the rest of Canada. This according to an independent survey from , Canada's largest impartial rate comparison service. Among the 532 respondents from BC, the leading cause of debt concern by far (36.7%) is credit card debt.
"We found that one of the largest contributors to credit card debt seems to be impulse purchases of small items or food and entertainment, which, left to accumulate interest, can ultimately lead to a huge mountain of debt," said Kelvin Mangaroo, President of RateSupermarket.ca.
Over one third of respondents (37%) admitted to going into debt over something that they later regretted, a number higher than the 33.3% national total; while many cited cars or bad investments as their largest "debt regret," the common theme that emerged was that many have found themselves in financial straits not due to large lavish purchases, but rather through frequent, mindless spending on 'wants' like clothing, restaurants, gifts, and holidays.
"We're not seeing people overspending on luxury or big-ticket items," said Mangaroo. "Rather, it's a slow and steady pattern of small purchases combined with smaller credit card payments that are putting a huge number of British Columbians into debt."
Many of those same people are also in denial: The majority (60.3%) believe that they have less credit card debt than the average Canadian (28.4% believe their debt is average, while only 11.3% believe their debt is higher than average).
But the dollar amounts would seem to contradict this belief. When asked about current credit debt levels, nearly a third of participants (29.4%) indicated they owed over $5,000, to ; this is 1.5% more than the national number. Over 10.4% (1.1% higher than the national average) indicated owing over $14,000.
More information on the national RateSupermarket.ca survey findings can be found in an infographic at .
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