{"id":18186,"date":"2007-06-20T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/americans-living-comfortably\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:42:10","slug":"americans-living-comfortably","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2007\/06\/20\/americans-living-comfortably\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Living Comfortably"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About four-in-ten (38%) adults in this country say they are living comfortably; another three-in-ten (28%) say they have enough money to meet expenses with a little left over for extras; and about one-in-three (32%) say either that they are just meeting basic living expenses or that they don\u2019t have even enough for the basics. A similarly stark division emerges when employed Americans are asked whether they earn enough money to lead the life they want. 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