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Owners citing building equity through payments as a reason for owning rather than renting, across SHED versions.
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Latest: 43% answered “Yes, a reason” in Fed SHED: Owns home to build equity, 2016.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fed SHED: Owns home to build equity | Owns home to build equity [Building equity with payments] Please select all the reasons below for why your own home rather than rent. Caveat: Wording typo ('your own home'); select-all item, same format | equivalent | No → No, not a reason; Yes → Yes, a reason |
| Fed SHED: Reason for owning: building equity with payments | Reason for owning: building equity with payments [Building equity with payments] Please select all the reasons below for why you own your home rather than rent. Caveat: Select-all item; 'No' means not selected, not an explicit rejection | identical | No → No, not a reason; Yes → Yes, a reason |