Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life
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Notes: Based on respondents who identified themselves as belonging to the middle class. Whites include only non-Hispanic whites. Blacks include only non-Hispanic blacks. Hispanics are of any race. Not too important and not important at all responses are combined. Don't know responses not shown.
Survey Date: January 24-February 19, 2008
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How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
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How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
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How the Middle Class Sees Their Lives
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Mean Ratings of Present Life, by Income Group
Median Household Income, by Income Group, 1969 and 2006
Median Household Income, Unadjusted and Adjusted for Household Size: 1970-2006
Median Household Income: 1970-2006
Median Net Worth of Lower, Middle and Upper Income Families
Median Size of New Single-Family Houses: 1980 to 2006
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Middle Class Priorities, by Gender
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Moving Forward, Backwards and Sideways
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Percentage Change in Real Median Family Expenditures
Percentage Change in Real Median Household Income, by Decade
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Quality of Life and Mobility by Socioeconomic Class
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Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes and Household Income: 1970 to 2006
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Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Backward
Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Forward
Section 1: What I Have, What Most People Have
Section 2: Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes and Household Income: 1970 to 2006
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The Household Debt Service Ratio: 1980 to 2006
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The Median Debt-to-Asset Ratio
The Middle Class Blues, 1986 and 2008
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