Note that these add up to more than 100% because they are cumulative; e.g. it is assumed that all people with doctorates also have undergraduate and high school degrees, and are thus counted twice in the "lower" categories. Age 25 is used rather than age 18 because there are few people aged 18 or over with advanced degrees. "Educational Attainment in the United States: 2018". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 23, 2018. Percentages are calculated based on census data by counting people that had attained that level or higher.
Leondar-Wright, Betsy (2005). "Are There Class Cultures?". ClassMatters. §Differences between activists steadily employed and not. Archived from the original on December 16, 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2018. → Clearest examples of a Class Culture: Families w/ 3 or more generations in the same class in the U.S. → Recent class mobility, recent immigration, & living in the "gray area" between 2 classes all muddy the waters. Many people's experience is of a mixed class culture. Differences of experience socialize most American people. Make visible some class-culture-based coalition behaviours & dynamics that are too often invisible. Steady Work for Low-Income: Impossible &/or Not Expected. Steady Work for Working-Class & Middle-Class: Inevitable & Necessary. Steady Work for Owning-Class: Optional
Sargent, Greg (December 9, 2019). "The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. — Original data and analysis: Zucman, Gabriel and Saez, Emmanuel, The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay, W. W. Norton & Company. October 15, 2019.
Leondar-Wright, Betsy (2005). "Are There Class Cultures?". ClassMatters. §Differences between activists steadily employed and not. Archived from the original on December 16, 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2018. → Clearest examples of a Class Culture: Families w/ 3 or more generations in the same class in the U.S. → Recent class mobility, recent immigration, & living in the "gray area" between 2 classes all muddy the waters. Many people's experience is of a mixed class culture. Differences of experience socialize most American people. Make visible some class-culture-based coalition behaviours & dynamics that are too often invisible. Steady Work for Low-Income: Impossible &/or Not Expected. Steady Work for Working-Class & Middle-Class: Inevitable & Necessary. Steady Work for Owning-Class: Optional
Sargent, Greg (December 9, 2019). "The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. — Original data and analysis: Zucman, Gabriel and Saez, Emmanuel, The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay, W. W. Norton & Company. October 15, 2019.
