Retire Early Polls

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This article was updated on May 14, 2005.

Retire Early Poll #2 -- How Much Has Your Social Status Changed?

The New York Times has an interesting article on class in America in Sunday's paper.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/national/class/OVERVIEW-FINAL.html

The article includes an online calculator you can use to see where you fit in based on four variables; Occupation, Level of Education, Annual Earnings, and Net Worth.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html

To answer the question you'll need to estimate your family's annual income and net worth while you were in high school in today's dollars (i.e., adjusted upwards for inflation.) Report the change in class percentile rank from high school to today below.

Poll question: How has your class percentile rank changed since high school?

Retire Early Poll #1 -- Social Status of Early Retirees

The New York Times has an interesting article on class in America in Sunday's paper.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/national/class/OVERVIEW-FINAL.html

The article includes an online calculator you can use to see where you fit in based on four variables; Occupation, Level of Education, Annual Earnings, and Net Worth.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html

(Note: if you are already retired, answer the poll based on your occupation the year before you retired.)

Poll question: What's your class percentile rank based on the NYTimes calculator?