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NORC’s ability to survey people from across the socio-economic spectrum about their financial wellbeing informs a wealth of policy, program, and personal decisions.

Income and wealth have become increasingly important and sometimes polarizing topics of conversation across the political spectrum. While it is essential for decision-makers to have real measures of things like savings, investments, and home ownership, it’s also important to understand that people's perceptions of wealth have a powerful influence on their economic and political decisions.

NORC researchers are adept at exploring both the reality and perception of wealth. The General Social Survey includes questions on topics such as wealth, income, and identity. Since 1992, NORC has conducted the triennial Survey of Consumer Finances, the only fully representative source of information on the financial state of American households. NORC’s Survey of Economically Successful Americans examines the social, political, and economic views of people whose wealth exceeds $40 million. Internationally, NORC collects data on the investment and financial decisions of Spanish households for the Bank of Spain.

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The Lower-Wage Workforce: Employer and Worker Perspectives

A two-part study of how lower-wage workers and employers think about jobs and opportunities

Client:

The Associated Press

Sustaining a Virtual Community for Private Capital Research

PCRI leverages the NORC Data Enclave® to provide secure capital market data to researchers

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Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI)