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Pew Research CenterNovember 5, 2010
Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life

Is it the Responsibility of the Government to Take Care of People Who Can’t Take Care of Themselves?

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Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life
What Does the Next Five Years Hold for You?
Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Five Years Ago? The Trend Since 1964
Quality of Life, 1964-2008: The Public Rates Their Present, Past and Future
As Incomes Rise, So Do Estimates of the Cost of a Middle Class Lifestyle
How Do You Rate Your Present Quality of Life?
My Life in Five Years Will Be…
Comparing Life in Five Years with Life Now
Are You Better Off Than Your Parents?
Are You Better Off Than Your Children?
Are You Better Off Than Your Parents?
Are You Better Off Than Your Children?
The Middle Class Blues, 1986 and 2008
Life’s Priorities: Time Over Money
Middle Class Priorities, by Gender
Differing Priorities of Middle Class Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics
Middle Class Priorities, by Age
The Importance of Free Time by Age
How Important is Having a Successful Career to the Middle Class?
How Important is Having Children to the Middle Class?
How Important is Having Children to the Middle Class?
How Important is Being Married to the Middle Class?
How Important is Being Married to the Middle Class?
Importance of Marriage, by Views of Gay Marriage
Is it the Responsibility of the Government to Take Care of People Who Can’t Take Care of Themselves?
Government Responsibilities, Through a Partisan Lens
In General, Do You Think the Republican Party Favors the Rich, Favors the Middle Class or Favors the Poor?
In General, Do You Think the Democratic Party Favors the Rich, Favors the Middle or Favors the Poor?
Life Priorities Vary Little by Class
How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
Importance of Living a Religious Life, by Views on Gay Marriage
How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
Importance of Being Wealthy, by Class
How Important is Being Wealthy to the Middle Class?
Home Ownership Among the Middle Class
Middle Class Occupations
Job Satisfaction
Ratings for U.S. Economy and Own Financial Situation, 1992-2008
Occupation, by Social Class
Prevalence of Job Worries
Comparing the Present to the Past, by Income Group
Mean Ratings of Present Life, by Income Group
Economic Characteristics by Socioeconomic Class
Priorities and Values by Socioeconomic Class
Demographics by Socioeconomic Class
Quality of Life and Mobility by Socioeconomic Class
Wealth Situation and Attitudes Towards Finances
Income and Home Ownership
Income, by Middle Class Occupations

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