Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life
The Household Debt Service Ratio: 1980 to 2006
Notes: The household debt service ratio is an estimate of the ratio of debt payments to disposable personal income. Debt payments consist of the estimated required payments on outstanding mortgage and consumer debt.
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios (downloaded from http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/housedebt/default.htm on March 7, 2008)
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Section 1: Being Married X Demographics
Section 1: Being Married X Gay Marriage
Section 1: Being Married X Religion, Church Attendance
Section 1: Being Wealthy X Class
Section 1: Being Wealthy X Demographics
Section 1: Better Off: Present vs. Past, Trend
Section 1: Care for the Needy X Party ID
Section 1: Children Comparison X Demographics
Section 1: Children Standard of Living, Trend
Section 1: Cost of Middle Class Lifestyle X Income
Section 1: Democratic Party Favor X Party ID
Section 1: Demographics X Class
Section 1: Does Wealth Come from Hard Work or Good Connections?
Section 1: Economic Characteristics X Class
Section 1: Economy & Personal Finance, Trend
Section 1: Free Time X Demographics
Section 1: Future Outlook X Demographics
Section 1: Future Outlook X Region
Section 1: Future vs. Present, Trend
Section 1: Having Children X Demographics
Section 1: Having Children X Religion
Section 1: Health Care X Party ID
Section 1: Home Ownership X Middle Class
Section 1: Important Priorities X Race
Section 1: Income X Home Ownership
Section 1: Income X Middle Class Occupations
Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Backward
Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Forward
Section 1: Job Satisfaction X Demographics
Section 1: Job Worries X Class
Section 1: Ladder of Life X Demographics
Section 1: Living a Religious Life X Demographics
Section 1: Living a Religious Life X Gay Marriage
Section 1: Living a Religious Life X Religion
Section 1: Looking Back X Demographics
Section 1: Middle Class Life, Trend
Section 1: Occupation X Social Class
Section 1: Occupations X Demographics
Section 1: Parent Comparison X Demographics
Section 1: Parent Standard of Living Comparison
Section 1: Personally Important Things
Section 1: Personally Important Things X Age
Section 1: Personally Important Things X Class
Section 1: Personally Important Things X Gender
Section 1: Present Life Ratings, Trend X Income
Section 1: Present v. Past, Trend X Income
Section 1: Priorities and Values X Class
Section 1: Quality of Life & Mobility X Class
Section 1: Quality of Life: Mean Ratings, Trend
Section 1: Republican Party Favor X Party ID
Section 1: Successful Career X Demographics
Section 1: Volunteering X Demographics
Section 1: Volunteering X Religion
Section 1: Wealth Situation X Homeowner
Section 1: What I Have, What Most People Have
Section 2: Annual Income Growth
Section 2: Change in Income X Decade
Section 2: Debt Service Ratio, Trend
Section 2: Debt to Asset Ratio
Section 2: Debt to Income Ratio
Section 2: Debt to Income Ratio, Trend
Section 2: Family Expenditures
Section 2: Home sales and Income
Section 2: House Prices & Mortgage Debt
Section 2: Household Income Trend
Section 2: Income Trend X Income Group
Section 2: Income X Household Size
Section 2: Labor Rates of Mothers, Trend
Section 2: Median Size Houses: 1980 to 2006
Section 2: Median Wage X Education
Section 2: Middle Income X Demographics
Section 2: Net Worth X Income Class
Section 2: Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes and Household Income: 1970 to 2006