This statistic represents the greatest motivating factors for saving among respondents in the United States as of December 2013. It was found that these factors were quite evenly split across the board with home purchase the most popular response at 15 percent.
What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving?
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Videology. (February 20, 2014). What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/
Videology. "What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving?." Chart. February 20, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/
Videology. (2014). What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/
Videology. "What Is Your Greatest Motivating Factor behind Saving?." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/
Videology, What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
What is your greatest motivating factor behind saving? [Graph], Videology, February 20, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291524/motivating-factors-for-saving-us/