ABSTRACT

Drawing on a variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, employment, wealth, health care and poverty, this text provides a portrait of the living standards of Americans in the mid-1990s. It contains up-to-date data from the US Census.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

Presentation & Methodology

chapter |2 pages

Acknowledgements

chapter 1|66 pages

Family Income: Slow and Unequal Growth

chapter 3|86 pages

Wages: Working Longer for Less

chapter 4|36 pages

Jobs: Worsening Underemployment

chapter 5|20 pages

Wealth: Losses for Most, Gains for Few