[Personal savings] In addition to your mortgage, please select all the sources below that you used to fund the home purchase when you bought your current home.
Used personal savings to buy home · Asked in 2 waves, 2015–2016 · 2,118 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of H7_b first asked in 2015: wording or answer options differ from shed:H7_b.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 44% | 56% | 1807 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school † | 59% | 41% | 56 | ±16 | |
| High school | 52% |
| 48% |
| 442 |
| ±6 |
| Some college | 51% | 49% | 555 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 33% | 67% | 424 | ±6 |
| Postgraduate | 35% | 65% | 330 | ±6 |
SHED 2015 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.