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.
Do you think the income gap between the rich and poor has gotten smaller or 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 May 16, 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 May 16, 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: May 16, 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 May 16, 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/