“A Third of Americans Now Say They Are in the Lower Classes”: Pew Research

The survey also found that family satisfaction varies somewhat by race and ethnicity. Nine-in-ten blacks (90%) in the lower class say they are satisfied with their family lives, compared with about eight-in-ten Hispanics (83%) and whites (79%).

(link; and this paragraph was pointed out by the bloggers at The New Inquiry)

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