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Figure 1: Household income, by parents' educational attainment

Source: 2014 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

Note: Sample limited to respondents age 25-44 who report at least one parent’s education. N=1,641

Percent

Household Income	Both parents have high school degree or less	At least one parent with some college or associate degree	One parent received bachelor's degree	Both parents received bachelor's degree
$0-$50k	47	35	28	21
$50k-$100k	37	38	37	34
$100k+	17	27	35	45
95% Confidence Interval Ranges for each income group
$0-$50k (upper bound)	41.59	30.15	22.39	16.14
$0-$50k (lower bound)	51.58	40.13	33.87	26.88
$50k-$100k (upper bound)	31.89	32.47	30.57	27.16
$50k-$100k (lower bound)	42.21	43.78	43.78	41.57
$100k+ (upper bound)	12.79	22.04	28.90	37.59
$100k+ (upper bound)	21.15	32.74	42.27	52.61

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Figure 2: Educational attainment, by parents' educational attainment

Source: 2014 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

Note: Sample limited to respondents age 25-44 who report at least one parent's education. N=1,641

Percent

Educational attainment	Both parents have high school degree or less	At least one parent with some college or associate degree	One parent received bachelor's degree	Both parents received bachelor's degree
High school degree or less	53	22	15	3
Some college or associate degree	27	46	27	13
Bachelor's degree or above	20	31	58	84
Confidence Interval Ranges for each educational attainment
High school degree or less (upper bound)	47.79	17.75	10.18	1.31
High school degree or less (lower bound)	57.95	27.27	22.11	8.33
Some college or associate degree (upper bound)	23.03	40.84	21.71	8.82
Some college or associate degree (lower bound)	31.77	52.20	33.55	18.97
Bachelor's degree or above (upper bound)	16.07	26.57	50.56	77.07
Bachelor's degree or above (lower bound)	24.41	36.62	64.26	88.50

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Figure 3: Financial well-being compared to parents, by parents' educational attainment

Source: 2014 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

Notes: Responses are to the question: "Think of your parents when they were your age. Would you say you (and your family living with you) are better, the same, or worse off financially than they were?" Responses do not add to 100% due to rounding and non-response. Sample limited to respondents age 25-44 who report at least one parent's education. N=1,641

Percent

	Overall	Both parents have HS degree or less	At least one parent with some college or associate degree	One parent received bachelor's degree	Both parents received bachelor's degree
Much worse off than parents	8	8	7	5	11
Somewhat worse off than parents	16	13	17	16	23
About the same as parents	24	24	27	23	25
Somewhat better off than parents	28	27	28	29	26
Much better off than parents	23	27	21	27	14

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Figure 4: Expectations of the financial well-being of the next generation of your family, by own educational attainment

Source: 2014 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

Notes: Responses are to the question: "Think about the next generation of your family (e.g. your children, nieces, nephews, etc.). When they are your age, do you think that they will be better off, the same, or worse off financially than you are today?" Responses do not add to 100% due to rounding and non-response. Sample limited to respondents age 25-44. N=1,743

Percent

	Overall	High school degree or less	Some college or associate degree	Bachelor's degree or above
Children much worse off	6	8	6	5
Children somewhat worse off	14	10	13	17
Children will be about the same	30	29	27	33
Children somewhat better off	31	29	32	32
Children much better off	17	23	19	12

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