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[It?s cheaper to own than rent a home] Please select all the reasons below for why your own home rather than rent.
Reason for owning: cheaper to own than rent · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2016 · 7,931 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | 54% | 46% | 4293 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school | 38% | 62% | 100 | ±12 | |
| High school | 54% | 46% | 1163 |
| ±4 |
| Some college | 53% | 47% | 1379 | ±3 |
| Bachelor's | 56% | 44% | 927 | ±4 |
| Postgraduate | 60% | 40% | 724 | ±5 |
SHED 2016 · 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.