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Family income on 1986-90 surveys. For question wording, see INCOME.
Total family income, 1986-1990 brackets · Asked in 5 waves, 1986–1990 · 7,679 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 20 answers.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1990 | 1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22 | face to face | 1,372 | 1,372 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,537 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| General Social Survey 1987 | 1987-01-31 to 1987-04-28 | face to face | 1,819 | 1,819 |
| General Social Survey 1986 | 1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24 | face to face | 1,470 | 1,470 |
| Group | Lt $1000 | $1000-2999 | $3000-3999 | $4000-4999 | $5000-5999 | $6000-6999 | $7000-7999 | $8000-9999 | $10000-12499 | $12500-14999 | $15000-17499 | $17500-19999 | $20000-22499 | $22500-24999 | $25000-29999 | $30000-34999 | $35000-39999 | $40000-49999 | $50000-59999 | $60000+ | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 17% | 1372 | ±3 | |
| Protestant | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | ||||||||||
| Catholic | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 4% | ||||||||||
| Jewish † | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5% | – | 3% | 3% | 5% | 2% | – | – | 8% | 9% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 45% | 27 | ±20 | |
| Other faith † | 3% | – | – | – | 3% | 1% | – | 4% | 1% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 18% | 1% | 12% | 42 | ±17 | |
| None | 4% | – | – | 3% | – | – | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 24% | 109 | ±11 |
General Social Survey 1990 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 4% |
| 8% |
| 8% |
| 7% |
| 9% |
| 8% |
| 16% |
| 862 |
| ±4 |
| 6% |
| 5% |
| 13% |
| 7% |
| 13% |
| 8% |
| 18% |
| 327 |
| ±6 |