This survey represents the thoughts of the U.S. population concerning the income gap between the rich and the poor in 2012. In 2012, 65 percent of the respondents thought that the income gap between the rich and the poor in the United States has gotten larger in the past ten years.
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or larger in the past ten years? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or larger in the past ten years? ." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or larger in the past ten years? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Think The Income Gap between The Rich and Poor Has Gotten Smaller or Larger in The past Ten Years? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center, Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or larger in the past ten years? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or larger in the past ten years? [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241884/the-growing-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-in-the-past-ten-years-in-the-united-states/
