*Just to put our definitions of “survival” in perspective, household incomes of $150,000 or more in 2005 were in the top 6 percent for incomes in the United States. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Earnings, and Poverty from the 2005 American Community Survey, series ACS-01; and 2005 American Community Survey; B19001—Household Income in the Past 12 Months; B19013—Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2005 inflation-adjusted dollars). U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder Web site. http://factfinder.census.gov. Accessed January 9, 2007.

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