The State of the Asian American Middle Class
The share of Asian Americans in the U.S. middle class has held steady since 2010, while the share in the upper-income tier has grown.
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The share of Asian Americans in the U.S. middle class has held steady since 2010, while the share in the upper-income tier has grown.
As the financial divide has grown, a smaller share of Americans now live in middle-class households. Here are key facts about this group.
Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country in decline economically, politically and on the world stage.
People see diversity and gender equality increasing in their countries but say family ties have weakened. Views on the importance of religion vary widely.
The generation of Central and Eastern Europeans raised after the fall of the Berlin Wall differs little in its political outlook from earlier generations.
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After rising steadily for nearly a century, the share of older Americans who live alone has fallen since 1990, largely because women ages 65 to 84 are increasingly likely to live with their spouse or their children.
In 2014, just 14% of children younger than 18 lived with a stay-at-home mother and a working father who were in their first marriage. In 1960, half of children were living in this arrangement.
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