This statistic depicts the home improvement projects peformed by U.S. residents in order to save money in 2012. According to the Merrill Edge Report, 36 percent of the respondents indicated that in order to bolster their savings, they performed yard work/gardening projects themselves rather than hiring someone.
In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?
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Survey sample were Americans with investable assets between $50,000 and $249,999, and oversampled 300 mass affluent in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percent for the national sample and +/- 5.7 percent for the oversample markets, with both reported at a 95 percent confidence level.
The source does not provide information regarding the possibility of multiple answers.
The original source does not provide definite information about the age of the respondents.
The original question posed by the source was: "In order to save money in the past year, which of these home improvement projects have you done yourself that you normally would have hired someone else to do?".
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Bank of America. (April 18, 2012). In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. "In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?." Chart. April 18, 2012. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. (2012). In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. "In The past Year, Which Home Improvement Projects Have You Done Yourself in Order to save Money?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America, In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? [Graph], Bank of America, April 18, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
