The answer depends a lot on your income, according to a new survey.
Despite the “official” end of the recession over a year ago, life remains dull for much of the population: Nearly half the U.S. population does not live what they call the “dream U.S. “according to a new survey published this week.
StrategyOne, part of Daniel J. Edelman PR firm, surveyed 1,008 Americans and found 48% of respondents answered “no” when asked: “Are you living the American dream today?”
In households earning between $ 40,000 and $ 50,000 per year, only 41% responded affirmatively to the question. However, for households earning more than – those at or above $ 75,000 per year – 71% of respondents said they lived the American dream. This supports the idea that money might not be everything, but it helps.
The survey also suggests a lack of faith in the possibility of upward mobility: the 48% who said they do not live the American dream, more than half said they did not think they ever would.
Define the American dream, of course, will vary from person to person. Although stereotyped as one might think of the suburban house, the fence, a family, a sensitive dog and cars, which could be a long way from your own goals and reality. That said, the results strengthen the argument that from an economic standpoint, the locals are mixed in their views, regardless of what the academics argue.
Not surprisingly, official unemployment rate of nearly 10% – and worse by wider measures – and the collapse in housing prices has created considerable uncertainty. However, pockets of hope has been found. “Despite the doubts that were wondering if people have reached or will reach the American dream, 74% believe that the ideal of achieving the American dream and be able to” do in America is largely true and possible, rather than being just a myth. Sixty-eight percent of those households earning less than $ 25,000 per year also share this belief, “according StrategyOne.
The survey revealed that 81% of respondents strongly or somewhat (most were in this camp) “believe that if you work hard and playing” a middle-class life in the U.S. is available, 74 % say success is more a function of hard work, rather than good fortune.
So what’s the takeaway? The American dream is not dead yet, but it’s hard to maintain interest for many of us. Maybe we just need him to, and we find that it is still very much alive, that a different form. Let us know what you think.
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