This statistic shows the results of a survey among American adults regarding the differences between rich and average Americans as of August 2012. In August, 43 percent of the respondents considered rich people to be more intelligent. 34 percent of the respondents supposed that rich people were less likely to be honest.
What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012)
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/
Pew Research Center. "What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012)." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/
Pew Research Center. (2012). What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/
Pew Research Center. "What Do You Think, How Are The Rich Different from Average Americans? (August 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/
Pew Research Center, What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/ (last visited May 16, 2024)
What do you think, how are the rich different from average Americans? (August 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241855/thoughts-of-us-adults-on-rich-americans-compared-to-average-americans/