{"id":47521,"date":"2020-04-21T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/04\/21\/covid-19-and-views-of-economy-appendix\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:10:30","slug":"covid-19-and-views-of-economy-appendix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2020\/04\/21\/covid-19-and-views-of-economy-appendix\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;defining-income-tiers&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"defining-income-tiers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defining income tiers<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create upper-, middle- and lower-income tiers, respondents\u2019 2018 family incomes were adjusted for differences in purchasing power by geographic region and for household size. \u201cMiddle-income\u201d adults live in families with annual incomes that are two-thirds to double the median family income in the American Trends Panel (after incomes have been adjusted for the local cost of living and for household size). 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