Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life

Median Household Income: 1970-2006

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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 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?

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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Median Household Income: 1970-2006

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