This statistic shows the results of a survey among young adults in the United States on how they rank their own living standards compared to those of their parents at the same age. 34 percent think their own living standards nowadays are better than those of their parents when they were the same age.
How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age?
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The original question was posed at the source as follows: "Compared to your parents when they were the age you are now, do you think your own standard of living now is
much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse than theirs was? "
The source focuses on the economic situation in the United States.
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Pew Research Center. (February 9, 2012). How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age?." Chart. February 9, 2012. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2012). How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How Would You Describe Your Living Standard Compared to Your Parents' at Your Age?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
How would you describe your living standard compared to your parents' at your age? [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 9, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/217911/living-standards-of-young-adults-and-their-parents-in-the-us/