Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life
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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