[Owning is a bigger financial risk] Please select all the reasons below for why you rent your home rather than own your home
Rents because owning is a bigger financial risk · Asked in 2 waves, 2016–2018 · 4,890 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of R1_b first asked in 2016: wording or answer options differ from shed:R1_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 | 78% | 22% | 3071 | ±2 | |
| Lower income | 76% | 24% | 2021 | ±3 | |
| Middle income | 80% | 20% | 676 |
| ±4 |
| Upper income | 79% | 21% | 374 | ±6 |
SHED 2018 · 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.