Description:
Percent of population that “strongly agrees” or “agrees” that people like themselves and their families have a good chance of improving their standard of living.
Source:
General Social Survey, 1987-2010. The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality used the “Survey Documentation and Analysis” interface provided by the University of California, Berkeley, to generate the data.
Methodological Notes:
The exact question wording is, “The way things are in America, people like me and my family have a good chance of improving our standard of living. Do you agree or disagree?” Answer choices are “strongly agree,” “agree,” “neither,” “disagree,” and “strongly disagree.” A small number of respondents said they could not choose.