{"id":47497,"date":"2020-06-25T14:44:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/06\/25\/appendix-12\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:10:32","slug":"appendix-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2020\/06\/25\/appendix-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;defining-income-tiers&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"defining-income-tiers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defining income tiers<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create upper-, middle- and lower-income tiers, respondents\u2019 2018 family incomes were adjusted for differences in purchasing power by geographic region and for household size. \u201cMiddle-income\u201d adults live in families with annual incomes that are two-thirds to double the median family income in the American Trends Panel (after incomes have been adjusted for the local cost of living and for household size). The middle-income range for the panel is about $37,500 to $112,600 annually for a three-person household. Lower-income families have incomes less than roughly $37,500, and upper-income families have incomes greater than roughly $112,600.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on these adjustments, among respondents who provided their income and household size, 33% are lower income, 45% are middle income and 21% fall into the upper-income tier.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about how the income tiers were determined, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2020\/01\/09\/methodology-27\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defining income tiers To create upper-, middle- and lower-income tiers, respondents\u2019 2018 family incomes were adjusted for differences in purchasing power by geographic region and for household size. \u201cMiddle-income\u201d adults live in families with annual incomes that are two-thirds to double the median family income in the American Trends Panel (after 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