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Owners citing fewer rules and the freedom to customize as a reason for owning rather than renting, across SHED versions.
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Latest: 55% answered “No, not a reason” in Fed SHED: Owns home for fewer rules and customization, 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 for fewer rules and customization | Owns home for fewer rules and customization [Less rules / able to customize house] Please select all the reasons below for why your own home rather than rent. Caveat: Wording typo ('your own home'); same checklist format, but the list of other reasons may differ by year. | equivalent | No → No, not a reason; Yes → Yes, a reason |
| Fed SHED: Reason for owning: fewer rules and freedom to customize | Reason for owning: fewer rules and freedom to customize [Less rules / able to customize house] Please select all the reasons below for why you own your home rather than rent. Caveat: Multi-select item; 'No' means the reason was not selected, not that it was rejected. | identical | No → No, not a reason; Yes → Yes, a reason |