In the period of 12 months before the survey in 201812% of households were in arrears to pay utility costs, possibly rent or mortgage, other loans or purchase instalments at least once because of financial difficulties, 2 percentage points fewer than in 2017 and 8 percentage points fewer than in 2014, when the largest share of households was in arrears.
Stanovanjske stroške, morebitno najemnino ali hipotekarno posojilo, druga posojila ali nakupe na obroke je v zadnjih 12 mesecih pred anketiranjem v letu 2018 zaradi finančne stiske vsaj enkrat poravnalo z zamudo 12% gospodinjstev; to je za 2 odstotni točki manj, kot jih je bilo v letu 2017, in za 8 odstotnih točk manj, kot jih je bilo v letu 2014, ko je bil odstotek takih gospodinjstev največji.