This statistic shows the results of a survey among American students in grades 5 through 12 on the probability of having a better life than their parents in the future. The survey was conducted at the end of 2012. Some 43 percent of all polled students believed it was very likely that they would have a better life than their parents.
U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents?
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Gallup. (January 30, 2013). U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/
Gallup. "U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents?." Chart. January 30, 2013. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/
Gallup. (2013). U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/
Gallup. "U.S. Students: How Likely Do You Think It Is That You Will Have a Better Life than Your Parents?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/
Gallup, U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
U.S. students: How likely do you think it is that you will have a better life than your parents? [Graph], Gallup, January 30, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257596/survey-about-the-probability-of-a-better-life-than-ones-parents/