|
Category
|
Lower income
|
Middle income
|
Higher income
|
Top 1% income
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard work | 87% | 89% | 90% | 93% |
| Coming from an upper-income family | 37% | 37% | 29% | 33% |
| Growing up in an upper-income neighborhood | 37% | 30% | 29% | 34% |
| A person's racial/ethnic background | 33% | 24% | 26% | 27% |
Lower-income adults live in households earning less than $35,000/year; middle-income adults' household earnings are $35,000-$99,999/year; higher-income adults' household earnings are $100,000-$499,999/year; and top 1% income adults' household earnings are at least $500,000/year.